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CVE-2006-6256

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6256 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AlternC versions 0.9.5 and earlier, specifically within the file manager's admin/bro_main.php component. An attacker could inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating a folder name. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium access complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alternc:alternc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0175 is in the 54th 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

dev.alternc.org / trac/alternc/changeset/1739
dev.alternc.org / trac/alternc/milestone/0.9.6
secunia.com / advisories/23144
securityreason.com / securityalert/1965
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30625
ground418.org / exploits/read.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/452988/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21355
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4851