Direct static code injection vulnerability in cfgphpquiz/install.php in Walter Beschmout PhpQuiz 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to…

published 2006-09-25 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4965

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.8%; EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Direct static code injection vulnerability in cfgphpquiz/install.php in Walter Beschmout PhpQuiz 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code in config.inc.php via modified configuration settings.

Timeline

2006-09-16 First public exploit (EDB-2376)
2006-09-25 Published

Exploit prediction

2.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-2376 phpQuiz 0.1.2 - SQL Injection / Code Execution webapps, 2006-09-16
morx.org http://www.morx.org/phpquiz.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/2376
exploit
morx.org /phpquiz.txt
exploit
secunia.com /advisories/22015
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
vupen.com /english/advisories/2006/3693
vdb-entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/28997
vdb-entry
securityreason.com /securityalert/1627
third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/20065
vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /archive/1/446315/100/0/threaded
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2006-4979
NVD CVE-2006-4979

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Summary