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CVE-2006-1681

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1681 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cherokee HTTPD version 0.5 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML by crafting a malformed request that triggers an HTTP 400 error, which is then improperly handled in the generated error message. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity due to its network-based attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure (P) but no impact on confidentiality or availability. While no active exploitation or Metasploit modules are reported, a Nuclei template exists, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2006-1681 · Aug 6, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0664 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 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

secunia.com / advisories/19587
ExploitPatch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25698
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202012-09
osvdb.org / 24469
securityfocus.com / archive/1/430385/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17408
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1292