CVE-2006-1968 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in news/NsVisitor.cgi in KCScripts News Publisher, distributed individually and as part of Portal Pack 6.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sort_order parameter.

Published: 2006-04-21

Score: 5.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:kcscripts:kcscripts_news_publisher:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kcscripts:portal_pack:6.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-1968	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in news/NsVisitor.cgi in KCScripts News Publisher, distributed individually and as part of Portal Pack 6.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sort_order parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.008.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2006/04/portal-pack-6-xss-vuln.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19695
http://www.osvdb.org/24762
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17628
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1440
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25940

History

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Subscriptions

Kcscripts Kcscripts News Publisher Portal Pack

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-21T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:35:31.346Z

Reserved: 2006-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-1968

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-04-21T10:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-1968

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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