CVE-2006-4273

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-08-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jelsoft vBulletin 3.5.4 and 3.6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading an attachment with a .pdf extension that contains JavaScript, which is processed as script by Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.

Affected products

Jelsoft Vbulletin: 3.5.4, 3.6.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0074.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0082.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27778
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442488/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19334
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28239
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0074.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0082.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27778
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442488/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19334
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28239

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