CVE-2006-4673
Status: ModifiedLow (2.6)—💥 Exploit
Global variable overwrite vulnerability in maincore.php in PHP-Fusion 6.01.4 and earlier uses the extract function on the superglobals, which allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via the _SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR] parameter to news.php.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Base score: 2.6
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.17%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 67
- Score date: 10/9/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
💥 Public exploits
Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
- Published on Exploit-DB · PHP-Fusion 6.0.x - 'news.php' SQL Injection (9/7/2006)
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=115765187519458&w=2
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/phpfusion_6-01-4_xpl.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21830
- http://www.php-fusion.co.uk/news.php?readmore=353
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19908
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3523
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28818
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=115765187519458&w=2
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/phpfusion_6-01-4_xpl.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21830
- http://www.php-fusion.co.uk/news.php?readmore=353
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19908
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3523
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28818
Raw JSON (NVD)
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