CVE-2006-6289

Exp

Woltlab Burning Board (wBB) Lite 1.0.2 does not properly unset variables when the input data includes a numeric parameter with a value matching an alphanumeric parameter's hash value, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the wbb_userid parameter to the top-level URI. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a bug in the unset PHP command (CVE-2006-3017) and the proper fix should be in PHP; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in wBB Lite.

Published: 2006-12-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6289 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.92%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6289

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2842 exploit_db edb 2006-11-23 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6289

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 7.13% 1.92% -5.22%
2 2026-04-17 5.87% 7.13% +1.26%
3 2025-07-24 — 5.87% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6289

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-2006-6289

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6289

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6289: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6289

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6289

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled, and that "register_globals" is enabled.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6289

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
woltlab burning_board_lite 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:woltlab:burning_board_lite:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6289

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