CVE-2006-5390

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2006-5390 · Published 18/10/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-5390 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting acp user registration module (phpbb).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.9%, higher than 87.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
acp user registration module phpbb	`= 1.00`	No fix yet

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/functions_mod_user.php in the ACP User Registration (MMW) 1.00 module for phpBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

References

secunia.com/advisories/22436 · Patch
osvdb.org/29734
phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php
securityfocus.com/bid/20558 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29571
exploit-db.com/exploits/2551

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