CVE-2006-6357

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/cat_temp.php in PHPNews 1.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2006-12-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6357 is rated Moderate Risk (53.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.87%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6357

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 2025-12-31 0.83% 0.87% +0.03%
2 2025-09-17 0.68% 0.83% +0.16%
3 2025-07-26 — 0.68% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6357

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-2006-6357

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6357

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6357: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6357

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6357

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6357

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpnews phpnews <= 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpnews:phpnews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6357

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