VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-2755

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in UBBThreads 5.x and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the debug parameter, as demonstrated by stealing MD5 hashes of passwords.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.30%

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 2.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 2.30% probability · 83th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 May 2006
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: ubbcentral/ubb.threads
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.3% 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.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-1843 source ↗	UBBCentral UBB.Threads 5.x/6.x - Multiple Remote File Inclusionsphp · nukedx	webapps	28 May 2006	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.