Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Oracle Application Express (formerly HTML DB) before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via the WWV_FLOW_ITEM_HELP package
Published Oct 28, 2006
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.70%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Oracle Application Express (formerly HTML DB) before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via the WWV_FLOW_ITEM_HELP package. NOTE: it is likely that this issue overlaps one of the Oracle VulnIDs covered by CVE-2006-5351. Oracle has not publicly disputed claims by a reliable researcher that this has been fixed by the October 2006 CPU.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.70% (0.01704) | 76.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.34% (0.01337) | 67.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.85% (0.00853) | 73.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00576) | 77.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2024 | 5.08% (0.05084) | 92.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 23, 2023 | 3.65% (0.03653) | 90.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 4.73% (0.04729) | 91.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 1.86% (0.01857) | 86.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 16, 2023 | 0.78% (0.00782) | 78.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.41% (0.00412) | 69.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00323) | 66.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1792 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpuoct2006.html x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_apex_css_wwv_flow_item_help.html x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449500/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-291A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1792 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpuoct2006.html | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_apex_css_wwv_flow_item_help.html | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449500/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-291A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.