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CVE-2006-1896

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1896 describes an unspecified vulnerability in phpBB that allows remote authenticated users with Administration Panel access to execute arbitrary PHP code. This is achieved through crafted Font Colour 3 ($theme[fontcolor3]) and/or signature values, potentially leveraging the highlight functionality. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity requiring authentication, and could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 1,428 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 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/20093
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20197
PatchVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/715
securityreason.com / securityalert/762
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25889
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1066
Patch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/431015/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/431387/100/0/threaded