CVE-2006-0806

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ADOdb 4.71, as used in multiple packages such as phpESP, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the next_page parameter in adodb-pager.inc.php and (2) other unspecified vectors related to PHP_SELF.

Published: 2006-02-21 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0806 is rated Exploit Available (59.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.87%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0806

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
43832 exploit_db edb 2016-02-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0806

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 12.63% 5.87% -6.76%
2 2025-07-04 13.02% 12.63% -0.39%
3 2025-06-23 13.02%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0806

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0806

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0806

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2006-0806 medium priority: Debian including 2 source packages (cacti, libphp-adodb), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0806
gentoo high CVE-2006-0806: 1 GLSA(s) (200604-07), 1 atom(s) (net-analyzer/cacti); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-0806
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-0806 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libphp-adodb, moodle), 10 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 8, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0806

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0806

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
john_lim adodb 4.66 cpe:2.3:a:john_lim:adodb:4.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_lim adodb 4.68 cpe:2.3:a:john_lim:adodb:4.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_lim adodb 4.70 cpe:2.3:a:john_lim:adodb:4.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_lim adodb 4.71 cpe:2.3:a:john_lim:adodb:4.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0806

URL Tags
http://phpesp.cvs.sourceforge.net/phpesp/phpESP/admin/include/lib/adodb/adodb-pager.inc.php?r1=1.1&r2=1.2
http://secunia.com/advisories/18928 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19555 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19590 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19591 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19691 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/452
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=419843&group_id=8956
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1029
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1030
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1031
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-07.xml
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00101-02182006
http://www.osvdb.org/23362
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425393/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16720
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0664 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2021 Vendor Advisory
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