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CVE-2006-6421

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6421 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.x, specifically within the private message box (privmsg.php). Authenticated users can inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the "Message body" field when sending a message to a non-existent user. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact through a network-based attack with medium complexity, requiring authentication. While not listed on the KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or community discussion, an exploit proof-of-concept (EDB-29442) is available on ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
15.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-29442 · Jan 11, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1545 is in the 98th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/23283
securityreason.com / securityalert/2005
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30776
phpbb.com / phpBB/viewtopic.php
securityfocus.com / archive/1/453774/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456579/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456728/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/456784/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21806
securityfocus.com / bid/22001