| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 5.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Content*Builder. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file article2/overview.inc.php. The manipulation of the argument rel results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-3172. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Content*Builder (Content Management System) (version unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file article2/overview.inc.php. The manipulation of the argument rel with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 06/11/2006 by Federico Fazzi (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-3172. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
A public exploit has been developed by Federico Fazzi and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:article2/overview.inc.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (1903), SecurityFocus (BID 18404†), OSVDB (26359†) and Secunia (SA20557†). The entries VDB-30943, VDB-30942, VDB-84070 and VDB-84071 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
Product
Type
Name
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Federico Fazzi
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
06/11/2006 🔍06/11/2006 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comResearcher: Federico Fazzi
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2006-3172 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3172
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84084
X-Force: 27044
SecurityFocus: 18404 - Content-Builder Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20557 - Content*Builder File Inclusion Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 26359 - Content*Builder article2/overview.inc.php rel Parameter Remote File Inclusion
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 05/08/2016 19:45Updated: 09/12/2025 19:20
Changes: 05/08/2016 19:45 (54), 12/10/2018 08:19 (4), 07/30/2022 18:51 (4), 07/30/2022 18:58 (8), 09/12/2025 19:20 (14)
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