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CVE-2006-4685

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4685 describes a vulnerability in the XMLHTTP ActiveX control within Microsoft XML Parser 2.6 and XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0, allowing user-assisted attackers to bypass same-origin policies via HTTP server-side redirects. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack requiring high user interaction to achieve partial confidentiality impact. Despite its age, its EPSS score suggests a higher-than-average exploitability probability compared to most CVEs, yet there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:xml_core_services:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:xml_core_services:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:xml_core_services:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:xml_parser:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
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
19.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1970 is in the 98th 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

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-061
secunia.com / advisories/22333
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A221
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/547212
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 29425
securityfocus.com / archive/1/449179/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20339
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3980