CVE-2006-4078

pm.php (aka the PM system) in DeluxeBB 1.08, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by providing an arbitrary username in the membercookie cookie parameter.

Published: 2006-08-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4078 is rated Moderate Risk (57.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.82%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4078

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 0.98% 1.82% +0.85%
2 2025-09-04 0.90% 0.98% +0.07%
3 2025-03-17 0.90%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4078

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4078

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4078

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
deluxebb deluxebb 1.08 cpe:2.3:a:deluxebb:deluxebb:1.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4078

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