CVE-2006-5168

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search functionality in Simon Brown Pebble 2.0.0 RC1 and RC2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string.

Published: 2006-10-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5168 is rated Low Risk (39.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.12%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5168

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 0.42% 1.12% +0.70%
2 2023-07-01 0.24% 0.42% +0.18%
3 2023-05-24 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5168

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-2006-5168

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5168

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5168: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5168

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5168

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
simon_brown pebble 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:simon_brown:pebble:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
simon_brown pebble 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:simon_brown:pebble:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5168

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