Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-5306

RCE

Title: Phpbb Journals System Module RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-5306

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Oct 17, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-5306: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the Journals System module 1.0.2 (RC2) and earlier for phpBB allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter in (1) includes/journals_delete.php, (2) includes/journals_post.php, or (3) includes/journals_edit.php.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/22387 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1731 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017058 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448443/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20484 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4029 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29491 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2522 http://secunia.com/advisories/22387 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1731 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017058 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448443/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20484 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4029 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29491 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2522

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-5306 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2522

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 17, 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.