Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-6506

Title: Phpbb

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-6506.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Mar 23, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.30%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-6506: Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and activate de-activated accounts via unknown vectors.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/33166 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/2 http://www.osvdb.org/50806 http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1352565 http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3#v303 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32842 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47370 http://secunia.com/advisories/33166 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/2 http://www.osvdb.org/50806 http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1352565 http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents.php?mode=changelog&version=3#v303 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32842 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47370

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-6506 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 23, 2009 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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.