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CVE-2006-2406

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2406 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Unclassified NewsBoard (UNB) versions 1.5.3-d and potentially earlier, specifically within the bb_lib/abbc.css.php component when register_globals is enabled. An attacker can exploit this by manipulating the design_path parameter with dot-dot sequences and a null byte to include arbitrary local files. The CVSS score of 2.6 (low severity) indicates a network-based attack with high access complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting integrity (partial). While no Metasploit or Nuclei modules exist, an ExploitDB entry for a related UNB version suggests proof-of-concept code may be available, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.3dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:unclassified_newsboard:unclassified_newsboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1777 · May 11, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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

attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2006-May/000769.html
newsboard.unclassified.de / forum/post/6499
Patch
osvdb.org / 25494