CVE-2006-5626

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cms_images/js/htmlarea/htmlarea.php in phpFaber Content Management System (CMS) before 1.3.36 on 20061026 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, probably via arbitrary parameters in the query string, as demonstrated with a vigilon parameter. NOTE: earlier downloads of 1.3.36 have the vulnerability; the software was updated without changing the version number.

Published: 2006-10-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5626 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.31%, 92th percentile). 3 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-2006-5626

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28882 exploit_db edb 2005-10-30 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5626

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 2025-06-19 8.98% 9.31% +0.33%
2 2025-03-30 6.09% 8.98% +2.89%
3 2025-03-29 — 6.09% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5626

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-2006-5626

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5626

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5626: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5626

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5626

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product update: phpFaber, phpFaber Content Management System, 1.3.36 20061026

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5626

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpfaber phpfaber_content_management_system <= 1.3.36 cpe:2.3:a:phpfaber:phpfaber_content_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5626

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