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CVE-2006-6840

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 2.0.22 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors related to a "negative start parameter."

Affected products

• Phpbb Group Phpbb: 1.2.4_rc3, 2.0.18, 2.0.20, 2.0.21

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=405980
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28871
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1488
• http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=405980
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28871
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1488
• http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806

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