CVE-2006-5500

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the checkUser function in inc/DBInterface.php in XchangeBoard 1.70 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) userNick or (2) password parameters. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2006-10-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5500 is rated Low Risk (39.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.86%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5500

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 0.41% 0.86% +0.44%
2 2025-06-13 0.34% 0.41% +0.08%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5500

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5500

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5500

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5500: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5500

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5500

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5500

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xchangeboard xchangeboard <= 1.70 cpe:2.3:a:xchangeboard:xchangeboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5500

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