CVE-2006-1712

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private archive script (private.py) in GNU Mailman 2.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the action argument.

Published: 2006-04-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1712 is rated Low Risk (35.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.40%). 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-2006-1712

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 0.56% 1.40% +0.84%
2 2025-05-05 0.54% 0.56% +0.02%
3 2025-03-30 0.54%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1712

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1712

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1712

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1712 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mailman), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1712

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1712

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu mailman 2.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1712

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