CVE-2006-2473

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ow.asp in OpenWiki 0.78 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the p parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor and a third party who is affiliated with the product. The vendor states "You cannot insert code in a wikipage or via URL parameters as they are all escaped before usage, so nothing can be compromised at other sites.

Affected products

Openwiki: 0.78

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/920
http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?OpenWikiVulnerability
http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?XssVulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434295/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496294/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18013
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26517
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/920
http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?OpenWikiVulnerability
http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?XssVulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434295/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496294/100/0/threaded

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