CVE-2006-4706
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc/functions_post.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a url BBCode tag that contains a javascript URI with an SGML numeric character reference and an embedded space, as demonstrated using "java& #115;cript," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3761.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.5% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4693)
- Published
- September 12, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4693 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mybulletinboard / mybulletinboard
References
- http://myimei.com/security/2006-08-15/mybb-117-htmlspeacialchar_uni-fixjavascript-functions_postphp-urlxss-attack.html(Exploit, Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21697
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1541
- http://www.mybboard.com/archive.php?nid=18(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444807/100/100/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3418
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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