CVE-2006-4877
Variable overwrite vulnerability in David Bennett PHP-Post (PHPp) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary program…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 8.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Variable overwrite vulnerability in David Bennett PHP-Post (PHPp) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary program variables via multiple vectors that use the extract function, as demonstrated by the table_prefix parameter in (1) index.php, (2) profile.php, and (3) header.php.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- PHP-post Web Forum 0.x.1.0 - 'profile.php' Multiple SQL Injections (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28591webapps, phppublished 16 Sept 2006Verified
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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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.7% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 20061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3688 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 28967 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 22014 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060916 PHP-Post Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28965 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2006-4864 (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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