CVE-2006-4706 (GCVE-0-2006-4706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-09-12 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:23
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Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc/functions_post.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a url BBCode tag that contains a javascript URI with an SGML numeric character reference and an embedded space, as demonstrated using "java& #115;cript," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3761.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2325 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21697 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1541 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3418 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444807/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://myimei.com/security/2006-08-15/mybb-117-ht… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.mybboard.com/archive.php?nid=18 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2006-08-30 00:00
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