01 Record
CVE-2006-5504
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a base64 encoded params value in the action
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a base64 encoded params value in the action
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 66.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-10-25 22:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-10-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d2ebbab5b53e03d773e4f415501fc377c0579e4842735303858b26ff5fc8e7d5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20061020 Simple Machines Forum (SMF) XSS issuehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449307/100/0/threaded
- osvdb.org31070http://osvdb.org/31070
- www.securityfocus.com20061021 Re: Simple Machines Forum (SMF) XSS issuehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449395/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20061022 Re: Simple Machines Forum (SMF) XSS issuehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449478/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsmf-base64-xss(29689)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29689