CVE-2006-5294

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in phplist before 2.10.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the unsubscribeemail parameter.

Published: 2006-10-16 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5294 is rated Exploit Available (55.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.42%). 2 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-2006-5294

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28790 exploit_db edb 2006-10-12 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5294

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 10.85% 2.42% -8.43%
2 2026-02-26 12.30% 10.85% -1.45%
3 2025-06-04 — 12.30% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5294

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-2006-5294

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5294

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5294: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5294

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5294

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: PHPList, Mailing List Manager, 2.10.3

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5294

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tincan phplist <= 2.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.8.12 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tincan phplist 2.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:tincan:phplist:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5294

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