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CVE-2006-2840

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2840 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PmWiki versions 2.1.6 and earlier, specifically within the uploads.php script and "url links," allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring moderate attack complexity but potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pmwiki:pmwiki:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0131 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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/20386
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26827
pmwiki.org / wiki/PmWiki/ChangeLog
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2084