Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-5390

RCE

Title: Phpbb Acp User Registration Module RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-5390

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Oct 18, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.93%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-5390: 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.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/22436 http://www.osvdb.org/29734 http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=2504370#2504370 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20558 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29571 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2551 http://secunia.com/advisories/22436 http://www.osvdb.org/29734 http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=2504370#2504370 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20558 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29571 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2551

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-2006-5390 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2551

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 18, 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.