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CVE-2006-5599

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5599 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Oracle Application Express (formerly HTML DB) versions prior to 2.2.1, specifically affecting the WWV_FLOW_ITEM_HELP package. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is reported, Oracle likely addressed this issue in their October 2006 CPU. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:apex:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 38th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/1792
oracle.com / technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpuoct2006.html
Patch
red-database-security.com / advisory/oracle_apex_css_wwv_flow_item_help.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/449500/100/0/threaded
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-291A.html
PatchUS Government Resource