CVE-2006-0437

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin_smilies.php in phpBB 2.0.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Javascript events such as "onmouseover" in the (1) smile_url or (2) smile_emotion parameters, which bypasses a check for "<" and ">" characters.

Published: 2006-02-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0437 is rated High Exploit Risk (64/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.61%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.87% 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-2006-0437

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0437

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 2026-03-02 0.75% 2.61% +1.87%
2 2025-03-30 1.20% 0.75% -0.46%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.20% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0437

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0437

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0437

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-0437 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpbb2), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 5, DNE 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0437

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0437

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.6c cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.6c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.6d cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.6d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.7a cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.8a cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0437

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