CVE-2006-2431
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 500 Internal Server Error page on the SOAP port (8880/tcp) in IBM WebSphere Application…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 500 Internal Server Error page on the SOAP port (8880/tcp) in IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 and earlier, 5.1.x before 5.1.1.12, and 6.0.2 up to 6.0.2.7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI, which is contained in a FAULTACTOR element on this page. NOTE: some sources have reported the element as "faultfactor," but this is likely erroneous.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- IBM Websphere 6.0 - 'Faultactor' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28981remote, multiplepublished 13 Nov 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 12% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References16
- websphere-faultfactor-xss(30055) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20061031-00727.pdf?lang=en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- PK16602 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- PK26181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 25371 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012064 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 21018 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- PK22416 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 910 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012163 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20061106 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20032 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060509 IBM Websphere Application Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1017170 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20061107 Minimizing error cascades in vulnerability information management (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VIMx_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-2006-2432 (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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