CVE-2006-2188

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CMScout 1.10 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the Body field of a private message (PM), (2) BBCode, or (3) a forum post.

Published: 2006-05-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2188 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.57%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2006-2188

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2188

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 2.35% 2.57% +0.22%
2 2025-07-31 3.07% 2.35% -0.72%
3 2025-05-28 3.07%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2188

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-2006-2188

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-2188

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: CMScout, CMScout, 1.21

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2188

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cmscout cmscout <= 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:cmscout:cmscout:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2188

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