CVE-2006-1896

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-04-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

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.

Affected products

Phpbb Group Phpbb: all versions

References

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
http://secunia.com/advisories/20093
http://secunia.com/advisories/20197
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/715
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/762

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