CVE-2006-4542
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD
Webmin before 1.296 and Usermin before 1.226 do not properly handle a URL with a null ("%00") character, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS), read CGI program source code, list directories, and possibly execute programs.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4530)
- Published
- September 5, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4530 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- usermin / usermin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
- webmin / webmin
and 42 more…
References
- http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2399776858/index.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21690(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22087
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22114
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22556
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016776
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016777
- http://webmin.com/security.html(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1199
- http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/89_e.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:170
- http://www.osvdb.org/28337
- http://www.osvdb.org/28338
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19820
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3424(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28699
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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