THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-0450
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-0450

Phpbb vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
phpBB 2.0.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by (1) registering many users through profile.php or (2) using search.php to search in a certain way that confuses the database.
Affected vendor
Phpbb Group
Affected product
Phpbb
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2006-01-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-0450

  • Confirm whether Phpbb Group Phpbb is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-0450.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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