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CVE-2006-5516

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5516 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WikiNi versions prior to 0.4.4, specifically within the actions/usersettings.php component. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'name' and 'email' parameters to wakka.php. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and potential for partial integrity impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-28846) exists, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wikini:wikini:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wikini:wikini:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28846 · Oct 23, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0253 is in the 74th 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

cvs.gna.org / cvsweb/wikini/actions/usersettings.php.diff
secunia.com / advisories/22558
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1776
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29761
securityfocus.com / archive/1/449518/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20688
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4159
wikini.net / wakka.php
zone14.free.fr / advisories/6
Vendor Advisory