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CVE-2006-2431
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 500 Internal Server Error page on the SOAP port (8880/tcp) in IBM WebSphere Application…
Medium4.3EPSS 3.0%
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Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 500 Internal Server Error page on the SOAP port (8880/tcp) in IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 and earlier, 5.1.x before 5.1.1.12, and 6.0.2 up to 6.0.2.7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI, which is contained in a FAULTACTOR element on this page. NOTE: some sources have reported the element as "faultfactor," but this is likely erroneous.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (16)
- websphere-faultfactor-xss(30055) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20061031-00727.pdf?lang=en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- PK16602 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- PK26181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 25371 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012064 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 21018 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- PK22416 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 910 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012163 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20061106 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20032 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060509 IBM Websphere Application Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1017170 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20061107 Minimizing error cascades in vulnerability information management (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VIMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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