CVE-2007-6526

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in tiki-special_chars.php in TikiWiki before 1.9.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the area_name parameter.

Published: 2007-12-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6526 is rated Moderate Risk (43/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.79%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6526

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 2026-03-13 0.74% 0.79% +0.05%
2 2026-01-21 0.65% 0.74% +0.09%
3 2025-03-30 0.65%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6526

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-2007-6526

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6526

vendor priority summary link
gentoo low CVE-2007-6526: 1 GLSA(s) (200801-10), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/tikiwiki); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-6526
ubuntu low CVE-2007-6526 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tikiwiki), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): DNE 4, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6526

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6526

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware <= 1.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:1.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6526

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