CVE-2006-6542

Fantastic News <2.1.4 - SQL Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-6542. PoCs published by Bl0od3r.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit is a Perl script that performs an SQL injection attack on a vulnerable web application to extract user credentials from the database. It targets a specific path and parameter in the application to dump passwords.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in news.php in Fantastic News 2.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Bl0od3r · perlwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2906

This exploit is a Perl script that performs an SQL injection attack on a vulnerable web application to extract user credentials from the database. It targets a specific path and parameter in the application to dump passwords.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: fscripts (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target host running vulnerable fscripts application · Network access to the target web server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2906
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4931
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30834

Scores

EPSS 0.0103
EPSS Percentile 59.1%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
fantastic_news/fantastic_news < 2.1.4
Published Dec 14, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026