CVE-2006-0438

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.19, when Link to off-site Avatar or bbcode (IMG) are enabled, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as a logged in user via a link or IMG tag in a user profile, as demonstrated using links to (1) admin/admin_users.php and (2) modcp.php.

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-2006-0438 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.48%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.67% 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-2006-0438

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0438

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 2026-06-15 0.82% 2.48% +1.67%
2 2026-03-02 0.74% 0.82% +0.07%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.74% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0438

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0438

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0438

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu negligible CVE-2006-0438 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpbb2), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 4, DNE 2, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0438

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0438

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0_beta1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0_rc3 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb_group phpbb 2.0_rc4 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0438

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