CVE-2006-6986 describes a cross-domain vulnerability in PhaseOut 5.4.4, allowing remote attackers to bypass same-origin policies. Attackers can access restricted information from other domains by manipulating an object tag's data parameter to redirect to a target site, subsequently exposing its content via the outerHTML attribute. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that can lead to complete confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phaseout:phaseout:5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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