CVE-2006-2851

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in dotProject 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters, which are not properly handled when the client is using Internet Explorer.

Published: 2006-06-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2851 is rated Exploit Available (56.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.34%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2851

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2851

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 0.62% 1.34% +0.72%
2 2025-06-30 0.51% 0.62% +0.11%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.51% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2851

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-2006-2851

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2851

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dotproject dotproject 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotproject:dotproject:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotproject dotproject 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotproject:dotproject:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotproject dotproject 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:dotproject:dotproject:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2851

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