CVE-2006-3798

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-07-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

DeluxeBB 1.07 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite the (1) _GET, (2) _POST, (3) _ENV, and (4) _SERVER variables via the _COOKIE (aka COOKIE) variable, which can overwrite the other variables during an extract function call, probably leading to multiple security vulnerabilities, aka "pollution of the global namespace."

Affected products

Deluxebb: 1.05, 1.06, 1.07

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-July/047989.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1254
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440435/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19052
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-July/047989.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1254
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440435/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19052

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