CVE-2006-0628
myquiz.pl in Dale Ray MyQuiz 1.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the URL, which are not…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
myquiz.pl in Dale Ray MyQuiz 1.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the URL, which are not properly handled as part of the PATH_INFO environment 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
- MyQuiz 1.01 - 'PATH_INFO' Arbitrary Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1471webapps, cgipublished 6 Feb 2006Verified
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)
- 5.7% · top 6.9% 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
10
- myquiz-pathinfo-command-execution(24501) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22925 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060207 MyQuiz Arbitrary Command Execution Exploit (perl) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.evuln.com/vulns/57/summary.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060203 [eVuln] MyQuiz Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0443 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060209 Vendor ACK for MyQuiz (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VIMx_transferred
- http://www.corantodemo.net/coranto/viewnews.cgi?id=EpApAAAVkyirPGThSf&style=dldetails (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 409 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 18737 (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-2006-0635 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-0628)Record last updated .