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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2006-4917 json

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…

published 2006-09-21 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4904

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-28601)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-28601 PT News 1.7.8 - 'search.php' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2006-09-18
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20090 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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