CVE-2006-4977
Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in (1) back/upload_img.php and (2) admin/upload_img.php in Walter Beschmout PhpQuiz 1.2…
- 5.0MediumCVSS 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
Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in (1) back/upload_img.php and (2) admin/upload_img.php in Walter Beschmout PhpQuiz 1.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to upload arbitrary PHP code to the phpquiz/img_quiz folder via the (a) upload, (b) ok_update, (c) image, and (d) path parameters, possibly requiring directory traversal sequences in the path parameter.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- phpQuiz 0.1.2 - SQL Injection / Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2376webapps, phppublished 16 Sept 2006Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 2376 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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)
- 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: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 2376 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3693 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.morx.org/phpquiz.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- phpquiz-uploadimg-file-upload(28995) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1627 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 22015 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060916 PHPQuiz Multiple Remote Vulnerabilites (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2006-4963 (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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