CVE-2006-5036

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-09-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

MySource Matrix 3.8 and earlier, and MySource 2.x, allow remote attackers to use the application as an HTTP proxy server via the sq_remote_page_url parameter to access arbitrary sites with the server's IP address and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. NOTE: the researcher reports that "The vendor does not consider this a vulnerability.

Affected products

Squiz Mysource Classic: through 2.16.2
Squiz Mysource Matrix: through 3.8

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22060
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1635
http://www.aushack.com/advisories/200607-mysourcematrix.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446722/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29112
http://secunia.com/advisories/22060
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1635
http://www.aushack.com/advisories/200607-mysourcematrix.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446722/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29112

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