CVE-2006-5451

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in TorrentFlux 2.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) action, (2) file, and (3) users array variables in (a) admin.php, which are not properly handled when the administrator views the Activity Log; and the (4) torrent parameter, as used by the displayName variable, in (b) startpop.php, different vectors than CVE-2006-5227.

Published: 2006-10-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5451 is rated Exploit Available (54.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.68%). 4 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-2006-5451

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5451

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 2025-11-16 1.10% 1.68% +0.58%
2 2025-03-30 0.88% 1.10% +0.22%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.88% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5451

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5451

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5451

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5451: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5451
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-5451 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (torrentflux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-5451

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5451

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
torrentflux torrentflux 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5451

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/22384 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448619/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448947/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448948/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448952/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20534
http://www.stevenroddis.com.au/2006/10/13/torrentflux-startpopphp-torrent-script-insertion/ Exploit
http://www.stevenroddis.com.au/2006/10/17/torrentflux-action-script-insertion/ Exploit
http://www.stevenroddis.com.au/2006/10/17/torrentflux-file-script-insertion/ Exploit
http://www.stevenroddis.com.au/2006/10/17/torrentflux-user_id-script-insertion/ Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4043 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29592
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