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CVE-2006-4685
The XMLHTTP ActiveX control in Microsoft XML Parser 2.6 and XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0 does not properly handle HTTP server-side…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 20.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The XMLHTTP ActiveX control in Microsoft XML Parser 2.6 and XML Core Services 3.0 through 6.0 does not properly handle HTTP server-side redirects, which allows remote user-assisted attackers to access content from other domains.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
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:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.7% · top 2.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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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
- 22333 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#547212 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS06-061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:221 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SSRT061264 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 1017033 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 29425 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3980 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2006-4672 (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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