CVE-2006-0164
phgstats.inc.php in phgstats before 0.5.1, if register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files and execute…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
phgstats.inc.php in phgstats before 0.5.1, if register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files and execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the PHGDIR variable.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- PostNuke Module phgstats 0.5 - 'phgdir' Remote File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3454webapps, phppublished 11 Mar 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=384232 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22302 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0123 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- phgstats-php-file-include(24062) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17469 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 18346 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0172 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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