Is CVE-2006-2219 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-2219 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-2219?

CVE-2006-2219 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2006-2219

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD

phpBB 2.0.20 does not verify user-specified input variable types before being passed to type-dependent functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by the (1) mode parameter to memberlist.php and the (2) highlight parameter to viewtopic.php that are used as an argument to the htmlspecialchars or urlencode functions, which displays the installation path in the resulting error message.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 1.6% (75th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-2220)
Published: February 8, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-2220 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

phpbb group / phpbb

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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