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CVE-2006-0496

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0496 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Mozilla 1.7.12 and earlier, Firefox 1.0.7 and earlier, and Netscape 8.1 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by exploiting the -moz-binding CSS property, which bypasses same-origin policies. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. While not listed on KEV or the Hot List, an ExploitDB entry exists for this cross-domain scripting issue, and it was notably used to compromise LiveJournal accounts. Despite its historical impact, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27150 · Jan 30, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0267 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

community.livejournal.com / lj_dev/708069.html
marc.info
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24427
davidpashley.com / cgi/pyblosxom.cgi/computing/livejournal-mozilla-bug.html
osvdb.org / 22924
securityfocus.com / bid/16427
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0403