CVE-2006-5843

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Speedywiki 2.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the showRevisions parameter.

Published: 2006-11-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5843 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.87%). 1 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-2006-5843

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5843

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 1.66% 1.87% +0.20%
2 2025-12-04 1.36% 1.66% +0.30%
3 2025-08-21 — 1.36% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5843

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-2006-5843

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5843

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5843: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5843

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5843

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
speedywiki speedywiki 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:speedywiki:speedywiki:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5843

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