CVE-2006-0896

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2006-0896 · Published 25/02/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-0896 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting simple machines forum (simple machines).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
simple machines forum simple_machines	`= 1.0.6`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sources/Register.php in Simple Machine Forum (SMF) 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header field.

References

attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-April/000682.html
evuln.com/vulns/86/summary.html · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/19004 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/545 · Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/23480
securityfocus.com/archive/1/426824/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/16841
simplemachines.org/community/index.php
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0726 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24915

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

simple machines forum

simple_machines

= 1.0.6

No fix yet

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