VDB-33834 · CVE-2006-6544 · EDB 2897

CM68 News cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in CM68 News. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-6544. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in CM68 News (the affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown part. 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. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CM68 News allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

The weakness was shared 12/13/2006 (Website). The advisory is available at cm68.de. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-6544 since 12/13/2006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (2897). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CM68 News

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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03/12/2015 +3011 days 🔍
08/24/2025 +3818 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cm68.de
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6544 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6544
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33834
Vupen: ADV-2006-4911

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 08/24/2025 22:30
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (38), 09/30/2017 09:13 (6), 08/24/2025 22:30 (24)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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