Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-5494

RCE

Title: Phpnuke Php-Nuke RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-5494

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Oct 25, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.15%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-5494: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in modules/My_eGallery/public/displayCategory.php in the pandaBB module for PHP-Nuke allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) adminpath or (2) basepath parameters. NOTE: this issue might overlap CVE-2006-6795.

Impacted Vendors

francisco_burzi 1

phpnuke 1

php-nuke 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/22505 http://www.osvdb.org/29892 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20633 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4121 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29694 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2599 http://secunia.com/advisories/22505 http://www.osvdb.org/29892 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20633 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4121 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29694 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2599

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-2006-5494 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2599

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 25, 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.