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CVE-2006-6071

HIGH · CVSS 9.0EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD

TWiki 4.0.5 and earlier, when running under Apache 1.3 using ApacheLogin with sessions and "ErrorDocument 401" redirects to a valid wiki topic, does not properly handle failed login attempts, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary content by cancelling out of a failed authentication with a valid username and invalid password.

Key facts

CVSS score
9.0 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS score
2.2% (83th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2006-6054)
Published
December 2, 2006
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6054 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • twiki / twiki

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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