CVE-2006-5486

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Webmail in Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.0 through 6.2 and iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript via crafted messages.

Published: 2006-10-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5486 is rated Moderate Risk (45.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.93%). EPSS rose +1.41% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5486

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 0.53% 1.93% +1.41%
2 2025-03-30 0.44% 0.53% +0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.44% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5486

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-2006-5486

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5486

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5486: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5486

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5486

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun iplanet_messaging_server 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_messaging_server:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_messaging_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_messaging_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_messaging_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_messaging_server:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_messaging_server 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_messaging_server:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5486

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