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CVE-2006-2500
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in add_news.asp in CodeAvalanche News (CANews) 1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary…
Medium6.8EPSS 1.6%
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Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in add_news.asp in CodeAvalanche News (CANews) 1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Headline field. NOTE: if this issue is limited to administrators, and if it is expected behavior for administrators to be able to generate HTML, then this is not a vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- 25653 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://colander.altervista.org/advisory/CANews.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18032 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1870 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- canews-addnews-xss(26587) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060518 CANews Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20171 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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