CVE-2006-3796

medium

Description

DeluxeBB 1.07 and earlier does not properly handle a username composed of a single space character, which allows remote authenticated users to login as the "space" user, post as the guest user, and block the ability of an administrator to ban the "space" user.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19052

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440435/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1254

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-July/047989.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-07-24

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00713