CVE-2006-2808

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-06-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Lycos Tripod htmlGEAR guestGEAR (aka Guest Gear) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a guestbook post containing a javascript URI in the SRC attribute of the BR element after an extra "iframe" tagname within that element, followed by a double ">", which might bypass cleansing operations.

Affected products

Lycos Htmlgear Guestgear: all versions

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1036
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435220/100/0/threaded
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1036
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435220/100/0/threaded

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