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CVE-2006-4569

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4569 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 1.5.0.7, where the popup blocker incorrectly displays blocked popups in the Location bar context. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 2.6 (Low), requires user interaction and high attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0213 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.7-0.1.el4
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-4569Low

security flaw

Sep 15, 2006

References

secunia.com / advisories/21949
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21950
secunia.com / advisories/22001
secunia.com / advisories/22025
secunia.com / advisories/22056
secunia.com / advisories/22066
secunia.com / advisories/22195
secunia.com / advisories/22210
secunia.com / advisories/22422
secunia.com / advisories/24711
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200609-19.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28957
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-640
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10650
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htm
www1.itrc.hp.com / service/cki/docDisplay.do
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-62.html
Vendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_54_mozilla.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0675.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/446140/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20042
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-351-1
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-354-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3748
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1198
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0083