THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-1900
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-1900

Amaya vulnerability

CVSS
7.6
EPSS
16.5%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Multiple buffer overflows in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Amaya 9.4, and possibly other versions including 8.x before 8.8.5, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long value in (1) the COMPACT attribute of the COLGROUP element, (2) the ROWS attribute of the TEXTAREA element, and (3) the COLOR attribute of the LEGEND element; and via other unspecified attack vectors consisting of "dozens of possible snippets."
Affected vendor
W3c
Affected product
Amaya
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2006-04-20

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 16.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-1900

  • Confirm whether W3c Amaya is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-1900.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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