CVE-2006-6156

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth/message.php in HIOX Star Rating System Script (HSRS) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string (PHP_SELF). NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2006-11-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6156 is rated Low Risk (35.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6156

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 2025-07-17 0.24% 0.29% +0.04%
2 2025-03-30 0.29% 0.24% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 0.29%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6156

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-2006-6156

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6156

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6156: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6156

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6156

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hscripts hiox_star_rating_system_script <= 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:hscripts:hiox_star_rating_system_script:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6156

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