CVE-2006-5180 — PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in include/main.inc.php in Sebastian Baumann and Philipp Wolfer Newswriter SW 1.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the NWCONF_SYSTEM[server_path] parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-5102

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PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in include/main.inc.php in Sebastian Baumann and Philipp Wolfer Newswriter SW 1.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the NWCONF_SYSTEM[server_path] parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-5102

Published Oct 6, 2006

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.63%

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in include/main.inc.php in Sebastian Baumann and Philipp Wolfer Newswriter SW 1.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the NWCONF_SYSTEM[server_path] parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-5102.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.63% 0.02635

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02635

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	2.63% (0.02635)	85.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.47% (0.02471)	82.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Feb 16, 2026	5.78% (0.05783)	90.29th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Sep 2, 2025	4.75% (0.04745)	89.07th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.65% (0.01648)	80.73th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jan 25, 2025	6.32% (0.06321)	93.62th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 29, 2024	5.32% (0.05319)	92.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 9, 2023	5.01% (0.05007)	91.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 2, 2023	6.79% (0.06792)	92.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 9, 2023	6.82% (0.06821)	92.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	6.30% (0.06303)	92.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1695
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447253/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2443
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1695		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447253/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2443		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 6, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Oct 5, 2006

Link CVE-2006-5180

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-5180

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-5180