CVE-2004-1968

Exp

The readmsg action in myhome.php in Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) 1.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary messages by modifying the id parameter.

Published: 2004-04-26 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1968 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.07%, 92th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1968

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24061 exploit_db edb 2004-04-26 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1968

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-31 3.88% 7.07% +3.19%
2 2025-03-30 5.20% 3.88% -1.33%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.20% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1968

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1968

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1968

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openbb openbb 1.0_.0_beta1 cpe:2.3:a:openbb:openbb:1.0_.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbb openbb 1.0_.0_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:openbb:openbb:1.0_.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbb openbb 1.0_.0_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:openbb:openbb:1.0_.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbb openbb 1.0_.0_rc3 cpe:2.3:a:openbb:openbb:1.0_.0_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbb openbb 1.0_.5 cpe:2.3:a:openbb:openbb:1.0_.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbb openbb 1.0_.6 cpe:2.3:a:openbb:openbb:1.0_.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1968

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