Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-4450

Title: Phpbb Group Phpbb

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-4450

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 30, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-4450: usercp_avatar.php in PHPBB 2.0.20, when avatar uploading is enabled, allows remote attackers to use the server as a web proxy by submitting a URL to the avatarurl parameter, which is then used in an HTTP GET request.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0238.html http://secunia.com/advisories/20093 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1470 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17965 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26537 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0238.html http://secunia.com/advisories/20093 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1470 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17965 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26537

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-4450 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27863

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 30, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.