CVE-2006-6274

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-12-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in articles.asp in Expinion.net iNews (1) Publisher (iNP) 2.5 and earlier, and possibly (2) News Manager, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ex parameter. NOTE: early reports of this issue reported it as XSS, but this was erroneous. The original report was for News Manager, but there is strong evidence that the correct product is Publisher.

Affected products

Expinion.Net Inews Publisher: through 2.5
Expinion.Net News Manager: all versions

References

http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-November/001147.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23123
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1956
http://www.aria-security.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452572/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21296
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4707
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30510
http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-November/001147.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23123
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1956
http://www.aria-security.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40

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