CVE-2006-5169

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in John Himmelman (aka DaRk2k1) PowerPortal 1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, possibly related to registering a user. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2006-10-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5169 is rated Moderate Risk (40.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5169

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 0.72% 0.97% +0.24%
2 2025-05-23 0.46% 0.72% +0.26%
3 2025-03-17 0.46%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5169

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5169

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5169

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5169: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5169

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5169

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
powerportal powerportal 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:powerportal:powerportal:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5169

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