CVE-2006-5223

HIGH 7.5CVE-2006-5223 · Published 10/10/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-5223 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting user viewed posts tracker (nivisec).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.1%, higher than 90.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
user viewed posts tracker nivisec	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/functions_user_viewed_posts.php in the Nivisec User Viewed Posts Tracker module 1.0 and earlier for phpBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

References

secunia.com/advisories/22305 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/1705
nivisec.com/article.php
securityfocus.com/archive/1/447932/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/archive/1/448445/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/20385 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3947
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29383
exploit-db.com/exploits/2483

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