CVE-2006-3229

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open WebMail (OWM) 2.52, and other versions released before 05/12/2006, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) To and (2) From fields in openwebmail-main.pl, and possibly (3) other unspecified vectors related to "openwebmailerror calls that need to display HTML."

Published: 2006-06-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3229 is rated Low Risk (39.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3229

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% 1.16% +0.75%
2 2025-03-30 0.46% 0.41% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 0.46%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3229

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-2006-3229

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3229

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
open_webmail open_webmail <= 2.52 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 1.71 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:1.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 1.81 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:1.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 1.90 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:1.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 2.21 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 2.30 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 2.31 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 2.32 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 2.41 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_webmail open_webmail 2.51 cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3229

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