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CVE-2006-6778

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6778 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the shownews.php script of TimberWolf version 1.2.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into affected web pages by manipulating the 'nid' parameter. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity. An attacker can exploit this remotely with medium access complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB. Despite this, the CVE has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:timberwolf:timberwolf:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-29337 · Dec 24, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0201 is in the 64th 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/23494
securityreason.com / securityalert/2062
securitytracker.com / id
securityfocus.com / archive/1/455262/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21733
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/5162