CVE-2006-1712 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private archive script (private.py) in GNU Mailman 2.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the action argument.

Published: 2006-04-11

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-1712	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private archive script (private.py) in GNU Mailman 2.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the action argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00558.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129136
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2006-April/000084.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19558
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015876
http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-checkins%40python.org/msg06273.html
http://www.osvdb.org/24442
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17403
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1269

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Mailman

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-11T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:19:49.584Z

Reserved: 2006-04-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-1712

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-04-11T19:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-1712

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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