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CVE-2006-5643

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5643 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search_de.html component of Foresite CMS, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts via the 'query' parameter. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and can lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no Metasploit or Nuclei exploits exist, an ExploitDB entry for a similar XSS in 'Index_2.php' suggests potential exploitability, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foresite_cms:foresite_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28881 · Oct 30, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 67th 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

secunia.com / advisories/22648
ExploitVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29906
majorsecurity.de / index_2.php
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/450046/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20818
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4278