CVE-2004-1968
The readmsg action in myhome.php in Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) 1.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary messages by modifying the id parameter.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
The readmsg action in myhome.php in Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) 1.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary messages by modifying the id parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.94% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 26 April 2004
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- openbb/openbb
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108301983206107&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11481Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009935Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10217Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15970
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108301983206107&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11481Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009935Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10217Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15970
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.