CVE-2006-1822
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in FarsiNews 2.5.3 Pro and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the selected_search_arch parameter.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in FarsiNews 2.5.3 Pro and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the selected_search_arch parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.24% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 April 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- farsinews/farsinews
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19648
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/710
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015943
- http://www.aria-security.net/advisory/farsinews/farsinews042006.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431011/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17534Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1411
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25833
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19648
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/710
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015943
- http://www.aria-security.net/advisory/farsinews/farsinews042006.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431011/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17534Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1411
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25833
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.