MEDIUM
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file manager in admin/bro_main.php in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name
Published Dec 4, 2006
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.76%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file manager in admin/bro_main.php in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name.
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.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.76% 0.01762
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01762
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.76% (0.01762) | 77.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.70% (0.01695) | 74.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.49% (0.01488) | 79.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.08% (0.02081) | 89.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 2.08% (0.02081) | 89.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 15, 2023 | 1.69% (0.01694) | 86.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 8, 2023 | 1.01% (0.01013) | 82.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 1.00% (0.00995) | 81.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00673) | 77.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 16, 2023 | 0.72% (0.00723) | 77.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.62% (0.00616) | 75.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.72% (0.00720) | 77.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 74.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 53.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1739 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23144 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1965 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.ground418.org/exploits/read.php?file=06-alternC-095.txt x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452988/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21355 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4851 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/milestone/0.9.6 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30625 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1739 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23144 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1965 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.ground418.org/exploits/read.php?file=06-alternC-095.txt | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452988/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21355 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4851 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/milestone/0.9.6 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30625 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 4, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 3, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6256
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a