{"id":"CVE-2006-2473","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-2473","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:53:49.721Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2006-05-19T17:02:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:25:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["openwiki/openwiki"],"epss":{"score":0.01941,"percentile":0.79989,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2006-05-17","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":27890,"kind":"exploit","title":"Open Wiki 0.78 - 'ow.asp' Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27890","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/asp/webapps/27890.txt","file":"exploits/asp/webapps/27890.txt","published":"2006-05-17","added":"2006-05-17","updated":"2013-08-27","author":"LiNuX_rOOt","type":"webapps","platform":"asp","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2006-2473","OSVDB-25836"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18013/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/920","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?OpenWikiVulnerability","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?XssVulnerability","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434295/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496294/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18013","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26517","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/920","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?OpenWikiVulnerability","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?XssVulnerability","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434295/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496294/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18013","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26517","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2473","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}