Stefan Ritt Elog Web Logbook 2.6.1 cross site scripting

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.0$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Stefan Ritt Elog Web Logbook 2.6.1. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-5063. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Stefan Ritt Elog Web Logbook 2.6.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Elog 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by editing log entries in HTML mode.

The bug was discovered 09/24/2006. The weakness was presented 09/27/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5063 since 09/27/2006. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23947 (Debian DSA-1242-1 : elog - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29137), Tenable (23947), SecurityFocus (BID 20181†), OSVDB (29120†) and Secunia (SA22057†). See VDB-33172 and VDB-33171 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 23947
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1242-1 : elog - several vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍
Nessus Port: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 57750
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1242-1 (elog)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

09/24/2006 🔍
09/24/2006 +0 days 🔍
09/25/2006 +1 days 🔍
09/25/2006 +0 days 🔍
09/27/2006 +2 days 🔍
09/27/2006 +0 days 🔍
09/27/2006 +0 days 🔍
12/27/2006 +91 days 🔍
12/30/2006 +3 days 🔍
01/02/2007 +3 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2991 days 🔍
04/23/2026 +4060 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2006-5063 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5063
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32523
X-Force: 29137
SecurityFocus: 20181 - Elog Log Entry HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 22057 - ELOG Entries Script Insertion Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 29120 - Elog - Log Entry - HTML Injection Issue
Vulnerability Center: 13731 - ELOG XSS via Log Entries Editing, Medium

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 04/23/2026 04:05
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (74), 07/13/2019 09:11 (8), 04/23/2026 04:05 (19)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you know our Splunk app?

Download it now for free!