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CVE-2006-5524

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5524 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the index.php file of phplist version 2.10.2, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML through the 'p' parameter. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with network-based attacks, medium access complexity, and potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phplist:phplist:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28824 · Oct 17, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0210 is in the 66th 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/22431
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1779
securitytracker.com / alerts/2006/Oct/1017102.html
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/448923/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20577/info
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4084