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high 7.5

CVE-2006-5291 json

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/includes/spaw/spaw_control.class.php in Download-Engine 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to e…

published 2006-10-16 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5276

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/includes/spaw/spaw_control.class.php in Download-Engine 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the spaw_root parameter. NOTE: CVE analysis suggests that this issue is actually in a third party product, SPAW Editor PHP Edition, so this issue is probably a duplicate of CVE-2006-4656.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-2317)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2521 Download-Engine 1.4.2 - 'spaw' Remote File Inclusion webapps, 2006-10-12
  • EDB-2317 SL_Site 1.0 - 'spaw_root' Remote File Inclusion webapps, 2006-09-07
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20500 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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