CVE-2006-6256

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file manager in admin/bro_main.php in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name.

Published: 2006-12-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6256 is rated Moderate Risk (56.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.47%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6256

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 2025-12-28 2.43% 2.47% +0.04%
2 2025-09-14 1.98% 2.43% +0.45%
3 2025-07-23 1.98%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6256

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-2006-6256

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6256

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6256: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6256

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6256

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alternc alternc <= 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:alternc:alternc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6256

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