PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in nucleus/libs/PLUGINADMIN.php in Nucleus 3.22 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbi…

published 2006-05-25 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2582

cvss: 5.1; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.1%; EPSS 7.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in nucleus/libs/PLUGINADMIN.php in Nucleus 3.22 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the GLOBALS[DIR_LIBS] parameter.

Patch / fix

links 1

secunia.com/advisories/20219 advisory

Timeline

2006-05-23 First public exploit (EDB-1816)
2006-05-25 Published

Exploit prediction

7.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-1816 Nucleus CMS 3.22 - 'DIR_LIBS' Remote File Inclusion webapps, 2006-05-23
retrogod.altervista.org http://retrogod.altervista.org/nucleus_322_incl_xpl.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.1	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

secunia.com /advisories/20219
third-party-advisory, patch, vendor-advisory
retrogod.altervista.org /nucleus_322_incl_xpl.html
exploit
securityreason.com /securityalert/951
third-party-advisory
nucleuscms.org /item/3038
securityfocus.com /archive/1/434837/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/26606
vdb-entry
securitytracker.com /id?1016146
vdb-entry
vupen.com /english/advisories/2006/1936
vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /bid/18097
vdb-entry
forum.nucleuscms.org /viewtopic.php?t=12304
osvdb.org /25749
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2006-2583
NVD CVE-2006-2583

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Summary