CVE-2006-1698

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Matt Wright Guestbook 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) url, (2) city, (3) state, or (4) country parameters. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information, although it is likely that they are the result of post-disclosure analysis.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1698 is rated Low Risk (35.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1698

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 2025-03-30 0.36% 0.32% -0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.26% 0.36% +0.10%
3 2023-03-07 0.26%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1698

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-2006-1698

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1698

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
matt_wright matt_wright_guestbook <= 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:matt_wright_guestbook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1698

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