Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5284 - Remote File Include vulnerability in PHP News Reader PHP News Reader 2.6.2
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in auth/phpbb.inc.php in Shen Cheng-Da PHP News Reader (aka pnews) 2.6.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the CFG[auth_phpbb_path] parameter. Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
Exploit-Db
| description | PHP News Reader <= 2.6.4 (phpbb.inc.php) Remote File Include Exploit. CVE-2006-5284. Webapps exploit for php platform |
| file | exploits/php/webapps/2517.pl |
| id | EDB-ID:2517 |
| last seen | 2016-01-31 |
| modified | 2006-10-11 |
| platform | php |
| port | |
| published | 2006-10-11 |
| reporter | Nima Salehi |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/2517/ |
| title | PHP News Reader <= 2.6.4 phpbb.inc.php Remote File Include Exploit |
| type | webapps |