CVE-2006-6779

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jelsoft vBulletin allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an SWF file that uses ActionScript to trigger execution of JavaScript.

Published: 2006-12-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6779 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.46%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.46% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6779

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29338 exploit_db edb 2006-12-25 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6779

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 1.00% 3.46% +2.46%
2 2025-08-16 0.83% 1.00% +0.17%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.83% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6779

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-2006-6779

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6779

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6779: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6779

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6779

Solution: Successful exploitation requires the ability to upload SWF files, which is disabled by default, and must be enabled by site administrators.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6779

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jelsoft vbulletin 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jelsoft vbulletin 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jelsoft vbulletin 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jelsoft vbulletin 3.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6779

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