Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-5191

RCE

Title: Phpbb RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-5191

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Oct 10, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.14%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-5191: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/functions_static_topics.php in the Nivisec Static Topics module for phpBB 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/22269 http://www.nivisec.com/article.php?l=vi&ar=20 http://www.osvdb.org/29506 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20353 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3916 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29347 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2477/ http://secunia.com/advisories/22269 http://www.nivisec.com/article.php?l=vi&ar=20 http://www.osvdb.org/29506 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20353 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3916 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29347 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2477/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-5191 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2477

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 23, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 10, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.