CVE-2006-1040

vBulletin 3.0.12 and 3.5.3 - Cross-Site Scripting via Email Field

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-1040. PoCs published by imei.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an HTML injection vulnerability in vBulletin, allowing attacker-supplied HTML and script code to execute in the context of the affected website. The PoC shows how an attacker can inject a script tag into the email field during password editing.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vBulletin 3.0.12 and 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the email field, which is injected in profile.php but not sanitized in sendmsg.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by imei · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27343

This exploit demonstrates an HTML injection vulnerability in vBulletin, allowing attacker-supplied HTML and script code to execute in the context of the affected website. The PoC shows how an attacker can inject a script tag into the email field during password editing.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: vBulletin versions 3.0.12 through 3.5.3
Auth required
Prerequisites: Access to a vBulletin account · Ability to edit the user profile
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19100
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0808
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426589/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426537/100/0/threaded
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-266.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16919
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/23614

Scores

EPSS 0.0254
EPSS Percentile 83.0%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
jelsoft/vbulletin 3.0.12
jelsoft/vbulletin 3.5.3
Published Mar 07, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026