Unscored severity · published Oct 28, 2006
CVE-2006-5599
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Oracle Application Express (formerly HTML DB) before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via the…
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CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Oracle Application Express (formerly HTML DB) before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via the WWV_FLOW_ITEM_HELP package. NOTE: it is likely that this issue overlaps one of the Oracle VulnIDs covered by CVE-2006-5351. Oracle has not publicly disputed claims by a reliable researcher that this has been fixed by the October 2006 CPU.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AP
Apex · Oracle
2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5599
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5599
securityreason.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1792
Patch
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpuoct2006.html
Patch
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_apex_css_wwv_flow_item_help.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449500/100/0/threaded
Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-291A.html
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