{"id":"CVE-2006-5652","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-5652","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:47.332Z","title":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sun iPlanet Messaging Server Messenger Express allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script via the expression Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) function, as demonstrated by setting the width style for an…","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sun iPlanet Messaging Server Messenger Express allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script via the expression Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) function, as demonstrated by setting the width style for an IMG element.  NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-5486, however due to the vagueness of the initial advisory and different researchers, it has been assigned a new CVE.","published":"2006-11-03T00:07:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:31:37.000Z","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":["sun/iplanet messaging server messenger express"],"epss":{"score":0.0168,"percentile":0.76772,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2006-10-31","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":28890,"kind":"exploit","title":"iPlanet Messaging Server - Messenger Express Expression() HTML Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28890","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/28890.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/28890.txt","published":"2006-10-31","added":"2006-10-31","updated":"2013-10-12","author":"LegendaryZion","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2006-5652","OSVDB-32620"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20838/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 1.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050460.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1806","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450184/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20838","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29929","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050460.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1806","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450184/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20838","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29929","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5652","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."}