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PhorumApplication

CVE-2006-6968

MEDIUM · 5.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2007-02-06
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 5.1.18 or later.
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67/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the group moderation control center page in Phorum before 5.1.19 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the group moderation control center page of Phorum before version 5.1.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unspecified vectors.

MitigationUpgrade to Phorum 5.1.19 or later to obtain the patched version. If immediate upgrade is not feasible, implement input validation and output encoding on the group moderation page.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
PhorumApplication
Affected:<= 5.1.18

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Phorum is installed
    Look for Phorum installation by checking for phorum.php or common Phorum directories/files in the web root
    Affected if Phorum is not present on the system
  2. Identify installed Phorum version
    Check the version.php or version file in the Phorum installation directory, or look for version information in the admin control panel
    Affected if The installed version is 5.1.18 or lower (any version <= 5.1.18)
  3. Verify group moderation feature exists
    Check if the group moderation control center functionality is present in the Phorum installation by looking for group-related modules or admin pages
    Affected if The group moderation module or page is accessible on the system
  4. Check web server access to vulnerable page
    Attempt to access the group moderation control center URL path (typically involves 'moderation' or 'group' in the path) to confirm the page is reachable
    Affected if The group moderation page is accessible without authentication or with moderator privileges

You are affected if Phorum version 5.1.18 or lower is installed and the group moderation control center page is accessible on your server.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 5.1.18
Interim mitigation

Upgrade to Phorum 5.1.19 or later to obtain the patched version. If immediate upgrade is not feasible, implement input validation and output encoding on the group moderation page.

Fix this in Phorum Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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