CVE-2006-6786 — Open Newsletter 2.5 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code by inserting the code into the email parameter to (1) subscribe.php or (2) unsubscribe.php

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MEDIUM

Open Newsletter 2.5 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code by inserting the code into the email parameter to (1) subscribe.php or (2) unsubscribe.php

Published Dec 28, 2006

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.88%

Description

Open Newsletter 2.5 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code by inserting the code into the email parameter to (1) subscribe.php or (2) unsubscribe.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.88% 0.01882

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01882

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.88% (0.01882)	78.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.72% (0.01724)	74.48th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2025	4.75% (0.04746)	89.01th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.87% (0.01870)	81.89th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.22% (0.00224)	61.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 23, 2023	0.22% (0.00225)	60.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.21% (0.00215)	57.71th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21775
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2981
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21775		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2981		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 28, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 27, 2006

Link CVE-2006-6786

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-6786

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-6786