Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-5312

Title: Phpbb Ajax Shoutbox

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-5312

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 17, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.22%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-5312: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in shoutbox.php in the Ajax Shoutbox 0.0.5 and earlier module for phpBB allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the phpbb_root_path parameter.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

Reference Links

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29510 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2532 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29510 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2532

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-5312 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2532

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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.