THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-5290
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-5290

Workcentre 232 vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The ESS/ Network Controller and MicroServer Web Server components of Xerox WorkCentre and WorkCentre Pro 232, 238, 245, 255, 265 and 275 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code via "WebUI command injection on TCP/IP hostname."
Affected vendor
Xerox
Affected product
Workcentre 232
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-10-13

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-5290

  • Confirm whether Xerox Workcentre 232 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-5290.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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