CVE-2006-3940
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in phpbb-Auction allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the ar parameter…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 33% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in phpbb-Auction allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the ar parameter in auction_room.php and (2) the u parameter in auction_store.php. NOTE: the auction_rating.php vector is already covered by CVE-2005-1234. NOTE: the original disclosure states that the product name is "PHP-Auction", but this is probably an error.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- phpBB-Auction 1.x - 'auction_room.php?ar' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28281webapps, phppublished 26 Jul 2006Verified
- phpBB-Auction 1.x - 'auction_store.php?u' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28282webapps, phppublished 26 Jul 2006Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 33% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- php-auction-multiple-scripts-sql-injection(28006) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060725 PHP-Auction SQL injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19179 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1306 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.aria-security.net/advisory/phpauction.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-3933 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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