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CVE-2006-3299

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3299 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Usenet Script 0.5, specifically within the index.php file, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'group' parameter. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and a partial impact on integrity. While not listed on the KEV catalog or experiencing active exploitation, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:metalheadws:usenet:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28109 · Jun 23, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0191 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 1,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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/20872
securityreason.com / securityalert/1170
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27406
securityfocus.com / archive/1/438443/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18662
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2572