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medium 6.8

CVE-2006-2491 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) index.php and (2) bmc/admin.php in BoastMachine (bMachine) 3.1 and earlier allows remote at…

published 2006-05-19 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2491

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) index.php and (2) bmc/admin.php in BoastMachine (bMachine) 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, which is not properly filtered when it is accessed using the $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] variable.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27889)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27889 BoastMachine 3.1 - 'admin.php' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2006-05-17
  • osvdb.org http://www.osvdb.org/25618 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/20149 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • osvdb.org http://www.osvdb.org/25617 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18012 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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