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CVE-2006-2988

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2988 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dictionary.php component of Chemical Dictionary, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'keyword' parameter. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring network access, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:chemical_dictionary:chemical_dictionary:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0198 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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/20540
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1083
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27025
securityfocus.com / archive/1/436412/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18337
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2235