CVE-2006-2755

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in UBBThreads 5.x and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the debug parameter, as demonstrated by stealing MD5 hashes of passwords.

Published: 2006-06-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2755 is rated High Exploit Risk (67/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.57%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.48% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2755

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1843 exploit_db edb 2006-05-28 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2755

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 2026-04-14 6.09% 8.57% +2.48%
2 2025-03-30 5.85% 6.09% +0.24%
3 2025-03-29 5.85%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2755

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2755

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2755

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ubbcentral ubb.threads 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.5.2_beta2 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.5.2_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubbcentral ubb.threads 6.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:ubbcentral:ubb.threads:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2755

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