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CVE-2006-4542

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4542 describes a vulnerability in Webmin before 1.296 and Usermin before 1.226, where improper handling of null characters in URLs allows for various attacks. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.8) permits remote attackers to perform cross-site scripting, access source code, list directories, and potentially execute programs. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.220CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0297 is in the 79th 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

jvn.jp / jp/JVN%2399776858/index.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/21690
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22087
secunia.com / advisories/22114
secunia.com / advisories/22556
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28699
webmin.com / security.html
Patch
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1199
lac.co.jp / business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/89_e.html
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 28337
osvdb.org / 28338
securityfocus.com / bid/19820
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3424
Vendor Advisory