CVE-2006-5387

HIGH 7.5CVE-2006-5387 · Published 18/10/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-5387 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting plusxl (phpbb plusxl).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.3%, higher than 88.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
plusxl phpbb_plusxl	`= 20.272`	No fix yet

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in mods/iai/includes/constants.php in the PlusXL 20_272 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/22414 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/1740
securityfocus.com/archive/1/448581/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/20315 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4038
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29520
exploit-db.com/exploits/2538

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