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CVE-2006-6256
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…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- 20061128 Multiple Vulnerabilities in AlternC version 0.9.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21355 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1965 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.ground418.org/exploits/read.php?file=06-alternC-095.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23144 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- alternc-multiple-xss(30625) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4851 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1739 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/milestone/0.9.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2006-6239 (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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