CVE-2006-1690

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in subscribe.php in MWNewsletter 1.0.0b allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the user_name parameter.

Published: 2006-04-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1690 is rated Moderate Risk (54.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.66%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1690

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 2025-03-17 2.66% 1.66% -1.00%
2 2024-12-17 1.90% 2.66% +0.76%
3 2023-10-22 1.90%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1690

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1690

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1690

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
manic_web mwnewsletter <= 1.0.0b cpe:2.3:a:manic_web:mwnewsletter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1690

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