CVE-2006-5453

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Bugzilla 2.18.x before 2.18.6, 2.20.x before 2.20.3, 2.22.x before 2.22.1, and 2.23.x before 2.23.3 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) page headers using the H1, H2, and H3 HTML tags in global/header.html.tmpl, (2) description fields of certain items in various edit cgi scripts, and (3) the id parameter in showdependencygraph.cgi.

Published: 2006-10-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5453 is rated Moderate Risk (41.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.87%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5453

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 1.08% 1.87% +0.79%
2 2025-11-16 0.83% 1.08% +0.25%
3 2025-06-11 0.83%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5453

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5453

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5453

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5453: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5453
gentoo normal CVE-2006-5453: 1 GLSA(s) (200611-04), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/bugzilla); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-5453
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-5453 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bugzilla), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 6, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-5453

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5453

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product releases: Mozilla, Bugzilla, 2.18.6 Mozilla, Bugzilla, 2.20.3 Mozilla, Bugzilla, 2.22.1 Mozilla, Bugzilla, 2.23.3

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5453

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla bugzilla 2.18 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.18.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.20.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.22 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.23 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.23.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 2.23.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.23.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5453

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/22409
http://secunia.com/advisories/22790
http://secunia.com/advisories/22826
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-04.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1760
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017063 Patch
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.18.5/
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1208
http://www.osvdb.org/29544
http://www.osvdb.org/29545 Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/29549
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448777/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20538
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4035
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206037 Patch
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330555 Patch
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355728 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29610
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29619
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