CVE-2006-4449
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in attachment.php in MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) 1.1.7 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a GIF image that contains URL-encoded Javascript, which is rendered…
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
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in attachment.php in MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) 1.1.7 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a GIF image that contains URL-encoded Javascript, which is rendered by Internet Explorer.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.30% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 26 August 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mybulletinboard/mybulletinboard
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21645Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1469
- http://www.mybboard.com/archive.php?nid=18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444414/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19718Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28587
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21645Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1469
- http://www.mybboard.com/archive.php?nid=18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444414/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19718Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28587
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.