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CVE-2006-1040
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vBulletin 3.0.12 and 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.6%
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vBulletin 3.0.12 and 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the email field, which is injected in profile.php but not sanitized in sendmsg.php.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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References (8)
- 19100 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0808 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060302 vBulletin3.0.12&3.5.3~is_valid_email()~XSS Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060301 [KAPDA::#26]vBulletin.3.5.3~3.0.12-XSS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=1079030 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-266.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 16919 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 23614 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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