CVE-2006-2491 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.8% (pctl 86)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.75% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-05-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| boastmachine | boastmachine |
| kailash nadh | boastmachine |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | BoastMachine 3.1 - 'admin.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2006-05-17 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20149
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/725
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/927
- http://www.osvdb.org/25617
- http://www.osvdb.org/25618
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434294/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18012
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1853
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26518
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20149
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/725
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/927
- http://www.osvdb.org/25617
- http://www.osvdb.org/25618
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434294/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18012
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1853
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26518
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