CVE-2006-6879
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/uploads.php in PHP-Update 2.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to upload…
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/uploads.php in PHP-Update 2.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to upload arbitrary PHP scripts to the gfx/ and files/ directories via the userfile parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB2 entries
- PHP-Update 2.7 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3017webapps, phppublished 26 Dec 2006Verified
- PHP-Update 2.7 - '/admin/uploads.php' Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3020webapps, phppublished 26 Dec 2006Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 3017 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 3020 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 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 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 3017 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- phpupdate-uploads-file-upload(31125) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 21789 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 3020 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 23486 (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-2006-6862 (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-2006-6879)Record last updated .