CVE-2006-2473 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ow.asp in OpenWiki 0.78 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the p parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor and a third party who is affiliated with the product. The vendor states "You cannot insert code in a wikipage or via URL parameters as they are all escaped before usage, so nothing can be compromised at other sites.

Published: 2006-05-19

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:openwiki:openwiki:0.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00864.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/920
http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?OpenWikiVulnerability
http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?XssVulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434295/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496294/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18013
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26517

History

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Openwiki Openwiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-19T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.884Z

Reserved: 2006-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2473

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-19T17:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:25:05.063

Link: CVE-2006-2473

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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