CVE-2006-3612

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Phorum 5.1.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2006-07-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3612 is rated Low Risk (29.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.85%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3612

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 0.29% 0.85% +0.56%
2 2025-03-17 0.12% 0.29% +0.16%
3 2023-03-07 0.12%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3612

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3612

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-3612

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that register_globals is enabled. This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Phorum, Phorum, 5.1.15

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3612

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phorum phorum 5.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3612

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