CVE-2006-2473
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ow.asp in OpenWiki 0.78 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ow.asp in OpenWiki 0.78 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the p parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor and a third party who is affiliated with the product. The vendor states "You cannot insert code in a wikipage or via URL parameters as they are all escaped before usage, so nothing can be compromised at other sites.
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
- Open Wiki 0.78 - 'ow.asp' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27890webapps, asppublished 17 May 2006Verified
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Timeline
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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)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (10 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
7
- 20060517 OpenWiki<--v0.78 Cross-Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?XssVulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 920 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 18013 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openwiki-ow-xss(26517) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080912 Re: OpenWiki<--v0.78 Cross-Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?OpenWikiVulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2006-2473 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-2473)Record last updated .