{"id":"CVE-2006-2696","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-2696","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:37:59.764Z","title":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Easy-Content Forums 1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) startletter parameter in userview.asp and the (2) catid parameter in topics.asp.","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Easy-Content Forums 1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) startletter parameter in userview.asp and the (2) catid parameter in topics.asp.","published":"2006-05-31T10:06:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:25:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["easy-content forums/easy-content forums"],"epss":{"score":0.01822,"percentile":0.78617,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2006-05-26","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":1834,"kind":"exploit","title":"Easy-Content Forums 1.0 - Multiple SQL Injection / Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1834","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/asp/webapps/1834.asp","file":"exploits/asp/webapps/1834.asp","published":"2006-05-26","added":"2006-05-25","updated":null,"author":"ajann","type":"webapps","platform":"asp","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-26027","CVE-2006-2697","OSVDB-26026","OSVDB-26025","CVE-2006-2696","OSVDB-26024"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"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 1.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/997","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435140/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26803","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/997","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435140/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26803","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2696","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."}