CVE-2006-1968

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in news/NsVisitor.cgi in KCScripts News Publisher, distributed individually and as part of Portal Pack 6.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sort_order parameter.

Published: 2006-04-21 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1968 is rated Moderate Risk (48.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.77%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1968

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 0.96% 0.77% -0.19%
2 2024-12-17 0.59% 0.96% +0.38%
3 2023-06-17 — 0.59% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1968

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1968

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1968

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kcscripts kcscripts_news_publisher 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:kcscripts:kcscripts_news_publisher:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kcscripts portal_pack 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:kcscripts:portal_pack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1968

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