CVE-2006-6459

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in toplist.php in PhpBB Toplist 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via the (1) Name and (2) Information fields when adding a new site (toplistnew action).

Published: 2006-12-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6459 is rated Moderate Risk (49.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.15%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6459

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 0.97% 1.15% +0.17%
2 2025-09-21 0.79% 0.97% +0.18%
3 2025-07-30 — 0.79% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6459

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-2006-6459

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6459

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6459: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6459

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6459

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb toplist 1.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:toplist:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6459

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