CVE-2006-2500

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in add_news.asp in CodeAvalanche News (CANews) 1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Headline field. NOTE: if this issue is limited to administrators, and if it is expected behavior for administrators to be able to generate HTML, then this is not a vulnerability.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.57% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/25653	vdb entry
http://colander.altervista.org/advisory/CANews.txt	exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18032	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1870	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26587	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434730/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/20171	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2500?: CVE-2006-2500 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2500?: To fix CVE-2006-2500, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2500 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-2500 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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