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CVE-2006-0251

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0251 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Faq-O-Matic version 2.711, specifically within the fom.cgi script. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML through the _duration, file, and cmd parameters. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, an ExploitDB entry confirms the existence of exploit code, yet it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.711CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:faq-o-matic:faq-o-matic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27088 · Jan 16, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0191 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / ref/22/22439-faqomatic.txt
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/18468
ExploitVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24165
osvdb.org / 22439
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/16251
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0189