CVE-2006-2808

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Lycos Tripod htmlGEAR guestGEAR (aka Guest Gear) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a guestbook post containing a javascript URI in the SRC attribute of the BR element after an extra "iframe" tagname within that element, followed by a double ">", which might bypass cleansing operations.

Published: 2006-06-05 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2808 is rated Moderate Risk (52.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2808

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 2024-02-09 0.30% 0.36% +0.06%
2 2023-03-07 1.05% 0.30% -0.75%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.05% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2808

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-2006-2808

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2808

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lycos htmlgear_guestgear — cpe:2.3:a:lycos:htmlgear_guestgear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2808

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