CVE-2006-5791
ELOG Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in elogd.c in ELOG 2.6.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via (1) the filename for downloading, which is not quoted in an error message by the send_file_direct function, and (2) the Type or Category values in a New entry, which is not properly handled in an error message by the submit_elog function.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 7, 2006, 11:07 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
4.9
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CVE-2006-5791 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=392016 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22638 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23580 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1242 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20881 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20882 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4315 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29986 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29986 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29986 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 09, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-5791 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-5791
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.54 }} -0.23%
score
0.64850
percentile