CVE-2006-4449

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-08-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in attachment.php in MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) 1.1.7 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a GIF image that contains URL-encoded Javascript, which is rendered by Internet Explorer.

Affected products

Mybulletinboard: 1.1.7

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21645
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1469
http://www.mybboard.com/archive.php?nid=18
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444414/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19718
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28587
http://secunia.com/advisories/21645
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1469
http://www.mybboard.com/archive.php?nid=18
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444414/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19718
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28587

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