CVE-2006-6421

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private message box implementation (privmsg.php) in phpBB 2.0.x allows r

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private message box implementation (privmsg.php) in phpBB 2.0.x allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Message body" field in a message to a non-existent user.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6 EPSS 0.02271

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Affected Products & Versions

phpbb group phpbball versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

webappsphpBB 2.0.21 - 'privmsg.php' HTML Injectionverified

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD10 Dec 2006 · 11:28 AM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://secunia.com/advisories/23283

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2005

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453774/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456579/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456728/100/100/threaded

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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456784/100/100/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22001

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30776

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