CVE-2006-4080

high

Description

DeluxeBB 1.08, and possibly earlier, uses cookies that include the MD5 hash of a password, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges by sniffing or cross-site scripting (XSS) and conduct password guessing attacks.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442464/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1381

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-08-11

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.2

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00273