CVE-2006-0857

Chatbox Plugin vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

3.3%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Chatbox Plugin 1.0 in e107 0.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via a Chatbox, as demonstrated using a SCRIPT element.

Affected vendor

E107

Affected product

Chatbox Plugin

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2006-02-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-0857

Confirm whether E107 Chatbox Plugin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-0857.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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