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CVE-2006-6258
The phpmyadmin subsystem in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier transmits the SQL password in cleartext in a cookie, which might allow remote…
High9.3EPSS 2.6%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The phpmyadmin subsystem in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier transmits the SQL password in cleartext in a cookie, which might allow remote attackers to obtain the password by sniffing or by conducting a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% 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: High 9.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20061128 Multiple Vulnerabilities in AlternC version 0.9.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21355 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1965 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.ground418.org/exploits/read.php?file=06-alternC-095.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23144 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- alternc-multiple-xss(30625) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4851 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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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