CVE-2006-4442

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP iAddressBook before 0.95 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cat_name parameter, related to adding a category. (categories field). NOTE: some details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2006-08-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4442 is rated Moderate Risk (50.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.25%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4442

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 1.19% 1.25% +0.06%
2 2025-06-09 0.97% 1.19% +0.23%
3 2025-04-17 0.97%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4442

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-2006-4442

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4442

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
clemens_wacha php_iaddressbook 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:clemens_wacha:php_iaddressbook:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clemens_wacha php_iaddressbook 0.91 cpe:2.3:a:clemens_wacha:php_iaddressbook:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clemens_wacha php_iaddressbook 0.91a cpe:2.3:a:clemens_wacha:php_iaddressbook:0.91a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clemens_wacha php_iaddressbook 0.92 cpe:2.3:a:clemens_wacha:php_iaddressbook:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clemens_wacha php_iaddressbook 0.93 cpe:2.3:a:clemens_wacha:php_iaddressbook:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clemens_wacha php_iaddressbook 0.94 cpe:2.3:a:clemens_wacha:php_iaddressbook:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4442

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