Vulnerability in phpBB Group
CVE-2006-0450
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.051 (92.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.051 · newest: 0.051 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- phpBB Group — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423030/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- h4cky0u.org/viewtopic.php
- www.h4cky0u.org/advisories/HYSA-2006-001-phpbb.txt (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/368 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24327 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-0450?
- CVE-2006-0450 is a vulnerability in phpBB Group. Published 2006-01-27.
- Is CVE-2006-0450 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.