CVE-2006-2491

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) index.php and (2) bmc/admin.php in BoastMachine (bMachine) 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, which is not properly filtered when it is accessed using the $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] variable.

Published: 2006-05-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2491 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.96%, 93th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.42% 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-2006-2491

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27889 exploit_db edb 2006-05-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2491

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 2025-09-29 9.54% 10.96% +1.42%
2 2025-03-30 5.40% 9.54% +4.15%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.40% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2491

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2491

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2491

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
boastmachine boastmachine <= 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:boastmachine:boastmachine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boastmachine boastmachine 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:boastmachine:boastmachine:3.0:*:platinum:*:*:*:*:*
kailash_nadh boastmachine 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:kailash_nadh:boastmachine:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kailash_nadh boastmachine 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:kailash_nadh:boastmachine:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kailash_nadh boastmachine 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:kailash_nadh:boastmachine:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kailash_nadh boastmachine 2.9b cpe:2.3:a:kailash_nadh:boastmachine:2.9b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2491

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