CVE-2006-3174

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in SquirrelMail 1.5.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML via the mailbox parameter.

Published: 2006-06-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3174 is rated Low Risk (36.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.67%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3174

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 1.21% 1.67% +0.46%
2 2025-03-30 0.95% 1.21% +0.25%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3174

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3174

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3174

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3174
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-3174 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (squirrelmail), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 7, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3174

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-3174

  • Red Hat (2006-08-30T00:00:00)

    This issue has not been able to be reproduced by upstream or after a Red Hat code review. We therefore do not believe this is a security vulnerability.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3174

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
squirrelmail squirrelmail <= 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3174

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