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CVE-2008-6506
Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and activate de-activated accounts…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 29% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and activate de-activated accounts via unknown vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1352565 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33166 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3#v303 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090206 CVE request: phpbb < 3.0.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 50806 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- phpbb-account-activation-security-bypass(47370) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2008-6474 (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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