CVE-2006-5291
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin/includes/spaw/spaw_control.class.php in Download-Engine 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the spaw_root parameter. NOTE: CVE analysis suggests that this issue is actually in a third party product, SPAW Editor PHP Edition, so this issue is probably a duplicate of CVE-2006-4656.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 4.7% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5276)
- Published
- October 16, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5276 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- alex / downloadengine
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22383(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1723
- http://spaw.cvs.sourceforge.net/spaw/spaw/docs/ChangeLog.txt?view=markup
- http://spaw.cvs.sourceforge.net/spaw/spaw/spaw_control.class.php?r1=1.19&r2=1.20
- http://spaw.cvs.sourceforge.net/spaw/spaw/spaw_control.class.php?r1=1.25&r2=1.26
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448450/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20500(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4025(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29493
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2521
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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