CVE-2006-5037

MySource Matrix after 3.8 allows remote attackers to use the application as an HTTP proxy server via a MIME encoded URL in the sq_content_src parameter to access arbitrary sites with the server's IP address and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. NOTE: the researcher reports that "The vendor does not consider this a vulnerability.

Published: 2006-09-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5037 is rated Moderate Risk (49.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.20%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5037

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 1.62% 1.20% -0.41%
2 2026-02-07 1.18% 1.62% +0.44%
3 2025-09-15 — 1.18% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5037

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-2006-5037

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5037

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5037: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5037

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5037

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
squiz mysource_matrix 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:squiz:mysource_matrix:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squiz mysource_matrix 3.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:squiz:mysource_matrix:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squiz mysource_matrix 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:squiz:mysource_matrix:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squiz mysource_matrix 3.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:squiz:mysource_matrix:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squiz mysource_matrix 3.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:squiz:mysource_matrix:3.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squiz mysource_matrix 3.8.6a cpe:2.3:a:squiz:mysource_matrix:3.8.6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squiz mysource_matrix 3.10 cpe:2.3:a:squiz:mysource_matrix:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squiz mysource_matrix 3.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:squiz:mysource_matrix:3.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5037

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