CVE-2006-6258

medium

Description

The phpmyadmin subsystem in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier transmits the SQL password in cleartext in a cookie, which might allow remote attackers to obtain the password by sniffing or by conducting a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30625

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4851

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452988/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1965

http://secunia.com/advisories/23144

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01841