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CVE-2006-0996

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0996 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the phpinfo function of PHP versions 5.1.2 and 4.4.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by supplying excessively long array variables, which bypasses the HTML tag removal mechanism. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with low impact on integrity and no impact on confidentiality or availability, requiring medium attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27564 · Apr 3, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0800 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-30.ent
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.12
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Stronghold 4.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 2.1)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-0996Low

security flaw

Mar 30, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc
cvs.php.net / viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c
cvs.php.net / viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c
Patch
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html
secunia.com / advisories/19599
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19775
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19832
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19979
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20052
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20210
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20222
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20951
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21125
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21252
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21564
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200605-08.xml
securityreason.com / achievement_securityalert/34
securityreason.com / securityalert/675
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25702
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10997
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/05-05-2006.html
osvdb.org / 24484
php.net / ChangeLog-4.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0501.html
securityfocus.com / bid/17362
Exploit
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-320-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1290
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2685