CVE-2006-2460
Sugar Suite Open Source (SugarCRM) 4.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, does not protect critical variables such as…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 10.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Sugar Suite Open Source (SugarCRM) 4.2 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, does not protect critical variables such as $_GLOBALS and $_SESSION from modification, which allows remote attackers to conduct attacks such as directory traversal or PHP remote file inclusion, as demonstrated by modifying the GLOBALS[sugarEntry] parameter.
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. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Sugar Suite Open Source 4.2 - 'OptimisticLock' Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1785webapps, phppublished 14 May 2006Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 1785 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.2% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/sugar_suite_42_incl_xpl.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1791 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20072 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060515 Sugar Suite Open Source <= 4.2 "OptimisticLock!" arbitrary remote inclusion exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- sugarsuite-modules-file-include(26451) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17987 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1016087 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 25532 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1785 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 921 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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-2006-2460 (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-2006-2460)Record last updated .