CVE-2006-5499

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Serendipity (s9y) 1.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors in the media manager administration page.

Published: 2006-10-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5499 is rated Moderate Risk (57.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.21%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5499

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 2025-11-18 2.48% 3.21% +0.72%
2 2025-08-05 2.02% 2.48% +0.46%
3 2025-06-13 2.02%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5499

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5499

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5499

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5499: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5499

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5499

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
serendipity serendipity <= 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:serendipity:serendipity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5499

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