CVE-2006-0063 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.19, when "Allowed HTML tags" is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a permitted HTML tag with ' (single quote) characters and active attributes such as onmouseover, a variant of CVE-2005-4357.

Published: 2006-01-05

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-0071	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpBB 2.0.19, when "Allowed HTML tags" is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a permitted HTML tag with ' (single quote) characters and active attributes such as onmouseover, a variant of CVE-2005-4357.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01283.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/30
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/313
http://www.osvdb.org/22672
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0051

History

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Subscriptions

Phpbb Group Phpbb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-01-05T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:18:20.835Z

Reserved: 2006-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0063

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-01-05T19:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:19:49.490

Link: CVE-2006-0063

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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