CVE-2007-6110

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in htsearch in htdig 3.2.0b6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sort parameter.

Published: 2007-11-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6110 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.39%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6110

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30818 exploit_db edb 2007-11-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6110

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 7.30% 4.39% -2.91%
2 2026-02-07 9.29% 7.30% -1.99%
3 2025-12-07 9.29%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6110

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-2007-6110

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6110

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-6110 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (htdig), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6110
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6110
ubuntu low CVE-2007-6110 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (htdig), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6110

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6110

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
htdig htdig 3.2.0b6 cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:3.2.0b6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6110

URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453278
http://secunia.com/advisories/27850 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27890 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28062 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019010
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=200709251310.55835.mskibbe%40suse.de&forum_name=htdig-dev
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1429
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1095.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26610
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4038
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11515
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00116.html
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