Public proof of concept

CVE-2006-5021

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2006-09-27
WeaknessCWE-94

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in redgun RedBLoG 0.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in (1) the root parameter in imgen.php, and the root_path parameter in (2) admin/config.php, (3) common.php, and (4) admin/index.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2006-09-2723:07CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Versions per branch

NVD

Redblog

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
0.5	= 0.5	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: EDB-28611 EDB-28612 EDB-28613 EDB-28614
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-04-03
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CISA-ADPCVSS 3.19.82025-04-03
NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-942025-04-03
FIRST EPSSEPSS score3.1 %2026-10-22
Exploit-DBdetectionread 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2006-09-27
Last Modified: 2026-06-16
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-5021?

Is CVE-2006-5021 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2006-5021 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 3.1% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-5021?

CVE-2006-5021 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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