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CVE-2006-6040

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6040 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Jelsoft vBulletin 3.6.x, specifically within the admincp/index.php file. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'prefs' parameter in a buildnavprefs action or the 'navprefs' parameter in a savenavprefs action. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with network-based attacks, medium complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-29079) exists, suggesting public exploit code. There is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-29079 · Nov 17, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0223 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/23011
PatchVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1903
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30408
securityfocus.com / archive/1/451959/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21157
ExploitPatch
vbulletin.com / forum/showthread.php
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4599