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 p 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 1.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.94% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 May 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- openwiki/openwiki
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% 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://securityreason.com/securityalert/920
- http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?OpenWikiVulnerability
- http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?XssVulnerability
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434295/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496294/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18013
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26517
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/920
- http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?OpenWikiVulnerability
- http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?XssVulnerability
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434295/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496294/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18013
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26517
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.