CVE-2006-4279

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in topic_post.php in XennoBB 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the icon_topic parameter.

Published: 2006-08-21 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4279 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.62%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-4279

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28406 exploit_db edb 2006-08-19 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4279

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 2025-11-04 3.20% 1.62% -1.59%
2 2025-09-14 1.59% 3.20% +1.61%
3 2025-04-09 1.59%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4279

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-2006-4279

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4279

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xennobb xennobb 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xennobb xennobb 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xennobb xennobb 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xennobb xennobb 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xennobb xennobb 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:xennobb:xennobb:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4279

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