CVE-2006-6356

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in templates/link_temp.php in PHPNews 1.3.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) url, (2) id, (3) subject, (4) username, or (5) time parameter.

Published: 2006-12-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6356 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.91%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6356

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29218 exploit_db edb 2006-12-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6356

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 0.80% 1.91% +1.11%
2 2025-07-26 0.66% 0.80% +0.14%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.66% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6356

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-2006-6356

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6356

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6356: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6356

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6356

Solution: Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6356

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpnews phpnews 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpnews:phpnews:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6356

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