CVE-2006-6356 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the templates/link_temp.php file of PHPNews version 1.3.0. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML through various parameters like 'url', 'id', 'subject', 'username', or 'time'. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phpnews:phpnews:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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