CVE-2006-1786
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 12.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the actionID parameter in ads-readerext and (2) the op parameter in AlterCast. NOTE: it is not clear whether the vendor advisory addresses this issue.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Adobe Document Server 6.0 Extensions - 'ads-readerext?actionID' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27636remote, multiplepublished 13 Apr 2006Verified
- Adobe Document Server 6.0 Extensions - 'AlterCast?op' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27637remote, multiplepublished 13 Apr 2006Verified
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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.1% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 20060413 Secunia Research: Adobe Document Server for Reader ExtensionsMultiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 24589 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/322699.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 24590 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 15924 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-68/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1342 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 17500 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- adobe-actionid-op-xss(25771) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1786 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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