CVE-2006-5097
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in net2ftp, possibly 0.1 through 0.62, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the application_rootdir parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by a third party researcher, CVE, and the vendor. The vendor says "the variable is set in settings.inc.php, so this is not a vulnerability.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5082)
- Published
- September 29, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5082 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- net2ftp / net2ftp
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1655
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-October/001076.html
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-October/001077.html
- http://www.net2ftp.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=6676(URL Repurposed)
- http://www.net2ftp.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=6687(URL Repurposed)
- http://www.net2ftp.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=6689(URL Repurposed)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447156/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447535/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447916/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448037/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29203
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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