CVE-2006-4576

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in The Address Book 1.04e allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading the HTML file with a GIF or JPG extension, which is rendered by Internet Explorer.

Published: 2006-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4576 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.30%). 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-2006-4576

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4576

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 1.49% 1.30% -0.19%
2 2026-01-27 1.21% 1.49% +0.27%
3 2025-10-14 — 1.21% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4576

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-2006-4576

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-4576

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-4576: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-4576

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4576

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
the_address_book the_address_book 1.04e cpe:2.3:a:the_address_book:the_address_book:1.04e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4576

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