CVE-2006-5037

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 after 3.8 allows remote attackers to use the application as an HTTP proxy server via a MIME encoded URL in the sq_content_src 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 Matrix: 3.8, 3.8.2, 3.8.3, 3.8.4, 3.8.5, 3.8.6a (+2)

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
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

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