CVE-2006-3796 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2006-07-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:deluxebb:deluxebb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-3790	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00741.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-July/047989.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1254
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440435/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19052

History

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Subscriptions

Deluxebb Deluxebb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-07-21T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:54.096Z

Reserved: 2006-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3796

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-24T12:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-3796

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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