CVE-2006-2696

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Easy-Content Forums 1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) startletter parameter in userview.asp and the (2) catid parameter in topics.asp.

Published: 2006-05-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2696 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.73%). Core evidence: 1 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-2006-2696

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1834 exploit_db edb 2006-05-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2696

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 2025-10-11 0.80% 0.73% -0.07%
2 2025-10-02 0.44% 0.80% +0.35%
3 2025-03-30 0.44%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2696

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-2006-2696

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2696

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
easy-content_forums easy-content_forums 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:easy-content_forums:easy-content_forums:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2696

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