MEDIUM
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private message box implementation (privmsg.php) in phpBB 2.0.x allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Message body" field in a message to a non-existent user
Published Dec 10, 2006
6.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 15.56%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private message box implementation (privmsg.php) in phpBB 2.0.x allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Message body" field in a message to a non-existent user.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.6c
- 2.0.6d
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.7a
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.8a
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.0.14
- 2.0.15
- 2.0.16
- 2.0.17
- 2.0.18
- 2.0.19
- 2.0.20
- 2.0.21
- 2.0_beta1
- 2.0_rc1
- 2.0_rc2
- 2.0_rc3
- 2.0_rc4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
15.56% 0.15564
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.15564
Score over time
2022-2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 15.56% (0.15564) | 96.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 15.00% (0.14997) | 96.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 80.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.17% (0.03167) | 91.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 29, 2023 | 3.34% (0.03339) | 90.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 14, 2023 | 2.38% (0.02383) | 88.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 1.20% (0.01201) | 83.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 0.85% (0.00848) | 79.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 14, 2023 | 0.72% (0.00720) | 77.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.86% (0.00856) | 79.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.26% (0.04263) | 87.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.26% (0.04263) | 86.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.26% (0.04263) | 69.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23283 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2005 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453774/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456579/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456728/100/100/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456784/100/100/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22001 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30776 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23283 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2005 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453774/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456579/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456728/100/100/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456784/100/100/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22001 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30776 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 10, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 9, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6421
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a