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CVE-2006-0438

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0438 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.19, specifically when "Link to off-site Avatar" or "bbcode (IMG)" are enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized actions as a logged-in user by embedding malicious links or IMG tags within a user profile, targeting administrative functions like user management or moderator control. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized modifications (partial integrity impact) without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0254 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-February/041920.html
secunia.com / advisories/18693
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / achievement_securityalert/31
Exploit
securityreason.com / securityalert/406
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24497
osvdb.org / 22929
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0445