CVE-2006-1040

Public Exploit

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.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.95% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory kapda.ir

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/19100	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0808	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426589/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426537/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=1079030
http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-266.html	patch vendor advisory exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16919	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/23614	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1040?: CVE-2006-1040 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1040?: To fix CVE-2006-1040, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1040 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-1040 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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