CVE-2006-1681

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cherokee HTTPD 0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a malformed request that generates an HTTP 400 error, which is not properly handled when the error message is generated.

Published: 2006-04-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1681 is rated Exploit Available (54/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-1681

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1681

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 2026-06-03 0.24% 0.41% +0.17%
2 2026-05-01 0.29% 0.24% -0.05%
3 2025-03-28 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1681

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-2006-1681

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1681

vendor priority summary link
gentoo low CVE-2006-1681: 1 GLSA(s) (202012-09), 1 atom(s) (www-servers/cherokee); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1681

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1681

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.4.17 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1681

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