CVE-2006-5621

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—💥 Exploit

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in end.php in ask_rave 0.9 PR, and other versions before 0.9b, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the footfile parameter.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.83%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 86
Score date: 10/15/2026

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 · ask_rave 0.9 PR - 'end.php?footfile' Remote File Inclusion (10/26/2006)

Affected technologies (1)

ASK Rave — ASK Rave

CWEs

CWE-94

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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