CVE-2006-2500

medium

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in add_news.asp in CodeAvalanche News (CANews) 1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Headline field. NOTE: if this issue is limited to administrators, and if it is expected behavior for administrators to be able to generate HTML, then this is not a vulnerability.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26587

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1870

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18032

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434730/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/25653

http://secunia.com/advisories/20171

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-05-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0157