CVE-2006-2759

Exp

jetty 6.0.x (jetty6) beta16 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary script source code via a capital P in the .jsp extension, and probably other mixed case manipulations.

Published: 2006-06-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2759 is rated Exploit Available (59.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.32%). 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-2006-2759

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2759

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 0.41% 1.32% +0.91%
2 2025-06-26 0.33% 0.41% +0.08%
3 2025-03-30 0.33%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2759

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2759

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2006-2759

GHSA-mq4x-8whh-jx73 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Input Validation in Mortbay Jetty

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2759

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2759
suse medium CVE-2006-2759 severity moderate: SUSE including 8 source package names (jetty-http, jetty-io, …), 89 product×package rows across 12 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, … (12 product lines)): Known Not Affected 89. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2759/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2759

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jetty jetty 6.0_beta_16 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty:6.0_beta_16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2759

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