CVE-2006-6040

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admincp/index.php in Jelsoft vBulletin 3.6.x allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the prefs parameter in a buildnavprefs action or (2) the navprefs parameter in a savenavprefs action.

Published: 2006-11-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6040 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-6040

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29079 exploit_db edb 2006-11-17 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6040

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 2025-03-30 0.85% 0.97% +0.12%
2 2025-03-29 0.97% 0.85% -0.12%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.97% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6040

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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: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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6040

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6040

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6040: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6040

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6040

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jelsoft vbulletin 3.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jelsoft vbulletin 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jelsoft vbulletin 3.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jelsoft vbulletin 3.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6040

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