CVE-2006-5180: Baumedia Newswriter

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in include/main.inc.php in Sebastian Baumann and Philipp Wolfer Newswriter SW 1.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the NWCONF_SYSTEM[server_path] parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-5102.

Affected products

• Baumedia Newswriter: up to and including 1.42; version 1.40 only; version 1.41 only

Published 2006-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.