CVE-2006-6256

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file manager in admin/bro_main.php in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name.

Affected products

Alternc: through 0.9.5

References

http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1739
http://secunia.com/advisories/23144
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1965
http://www.ground418.org/exploits/read.php?file=06-alternC-095.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452988/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21355
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4851
https://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/milestone/0.9.6
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30625
http://dev.alternc.org/trac/alternc/changeset/1739
http://secunia.com/advisories/23144
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1965

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