CVE-2006-1896 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB allows remote authenticated users with Administration Panel access to execute arbitrary PHP code via crafted Font Colour 3 ($theme[fontcolor3] variable) and/or signature values, possibly involving the highlight functionality. NOTE: the original report does not clarify whether this issue is static code injection, eval injection, or another type of vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01319.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Phpbb Group	Phpbb

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/20093
http://secunia.com/advisories/20197
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/715
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/762
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1066
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431015/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431387/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25889

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-20T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:27:29.457Z

Reserved: 2006-04-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-1896

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-04-20T10:02:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-1896

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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