CVE-2006-5284

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2006-5284 · Published 13/10/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-5284 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting php news reader (php news reader).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.6%, higher than 85.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
php news reader php_news_reader	`= 2.6.2≤ 2.6.4`	No fix yet

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in auth/phpbb.inc.php in Shen Cheng-Da PHP News Reader (aka pnews) 2.6.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the CFG[auth_phpbb_path] parameter.

References

secunia.com/advisories/22354 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/20480 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4011
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29481
exploit-db.com/exploits/2517

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