CVE-2006-5305

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2006-5305 · Published 17/10/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-5305 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting lat2cyr (phpbb).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.1%, higher than 87.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
lat2cyr phpbb	`≤ 1.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in lat2cyr.php in the lat2cyr 1.0.1 and earlier phpbb module allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

References

secunia.com/advisories/22432 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/1729
securityfocus.com/archive/1/448660/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/20513 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4050
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29572
exploit-db.com/exploits/2546

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