MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-6779

Vbulletin vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Jelsoft
Affected product
Vbulletin
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-12-28

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-6779

  • Confirm whether Jelsoft Vbulletin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-6779.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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