CVE-2006-4917 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.4% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in PT News 1.7.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pgname parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 4.36% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-09-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| pt news | pt news |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PT News 1.7.8 - 'search.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2006-09-18 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22028
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1612
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446417/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20090
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3713
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29043
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22028
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1612
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446417/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20090
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3713
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29043
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