CVE-2006-6889

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FreeStyle Wiki (fswiki) 3.6.2 and earlier stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via a direct request for config/user.dat.

Published: 2006-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6889 is rated High Exploit Risk (76/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.05%). 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-2006-6889

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3047 exploit_db edb 2006-12-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6889

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 2026-05-18 5.52% 5.05% -0.46%
2 2025-09-23 2.65% 5.52% +2.87%
3 2025-08-24 — 2.65% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6889

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6889

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6889

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6889: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6889

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6889

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freestyle freestyle_wiki <= 3.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:freestyle:freestyle_wiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6889

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