CVE-2006-6375

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in display.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1 Final and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the contents of a file that is uploaded with the image parameter set, which can be interpreted as script by Internet Explorer's automatic type detection.

Published: 2006-12-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6375 is rated Moderate Risk (50.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.36%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6375

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 1.57% 1.36% -0.21%
2 2025-09-17 1.27% 1.57% +0.29%
3 2025-07-26 — 1.27% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6375

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-2006-6375

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6375

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6375: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6375

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6375

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
simple_machines smf 1.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:smf:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines smf 1.0_beta5p cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:smf:1.0_beta5p:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines smf 1.1_final cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:smf:1.1_final:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines smf 1.1_rc3 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:smf:1.1_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6375

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