CVE-2006-4762 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Ykoon RssReader allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a web feed, as demonstrated by certain test cases of the Robert Auger and Caleb Sima RSS and Atom feed reader test suite.

Published: 2006-09-13

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rssreader:rssreader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4749	Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Ykoon RssReader allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a web feed, as demonstrated by certain test cases of the Robert Auger and Caleb Sima RSS and Atom feed reader test suite.

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 0.00504.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21994
http://www.cgisecurity.com/papers/RSS-Security.ppt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20129
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3711
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29071

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Rssreader Rssreader

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-09-13T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:23:41.040Z

Reserved: 2006-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4762

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-13T23:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-4762

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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