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CVE-2006-5530

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5530 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Boesch SimpNews versions prior to 2.34.01. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into affected web pages, specifically via unspecified parameters to admin/index.php, admin/pwlost.php, and other files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:boesch_it-consulting:simpnews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:boesch_it-consulting:simpnews:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:boesch_it-consulting:simpnews:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:boesch_it-consulting:simpnews:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28859 · Oct 24, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0170 is in the 52nd 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

secunia.com / advisories/22535
PatchVendor Advisory
boesch-it.de / sw/php-scripts/simpnews/english/index.php
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/20714
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4162