VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-6421
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private message box implementation (privmsg.php) in phpBB 2.0.x allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Message body" field in a message to a non-existent user.
MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 15.6%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private message box implementation (privmsg.php) in phpBB 2.0.x allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Message body" field in a message to a non-existent user.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 15.56% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- phpbb group/phpbb
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23283
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2005
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453774/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456579/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456728/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456784/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22001
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30776
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23283
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2005
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453774/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456579/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456728/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456784/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22001
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30776
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.