CVE-2006-2208

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in mynews.inc.php in MyNews 1.6.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) hash and (2) page parameters.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2208 is rated Exploit Available (56.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.67%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2208

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27809 exploit_db edb 2006-05-03 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2208

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 0.48% 0.67% +0.19%
2 2025-03-29 0.67% 0.48% -0.19%
3 2025-03-17 0.67%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2208

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-2006-2208

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2208

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-2208: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-2208

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2208

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
planetluc mynews 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:planetluc:mynews:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2208

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