CVE-2006-6258
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
The phpmyadmin subsystem in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier transmits the SQL password in cleartext in a cookie, which might allow remote attackers to obtain the password by sniffing or by conducting a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6241)
- Published
- December 4, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6241 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- alternc / alternc
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23144
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1965
- http://www.ground418.org/exploits/read.php?file=06-alternC-095.txt(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452988/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21355(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4851
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30625
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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