CVE-2006-3358

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.php in NewsPHP 2006 PRO allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) words, (2) id, (3) cat_id, and (4) tim parameters, which are not sanitized before being returned in an error page. NOTE: it is possible that some of these vectors are resultant from an SQL injection issue.

Published: 2006-07-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3358 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.74%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-3358

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28133 exploit_db edb 2006-06-29 Exploit-DB ↗
28132 exploit_db edb 2006-06-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3358

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 2025-04-16 0.85% 0.74% -0.12%
2 2025-03-17 1.06% 0.85% -0.20%
3 2024-12-17 1.06%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3358

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-2006-3358

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3358

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
newsphp newsphp 2006_pro cpe:2.3:a:newsphp:newsphp:2006_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3358

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