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CVE-2006-2364· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the validation feature in Macromedia ColdFusion 5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the validation feature in Macromedia ColdFusion 5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a "_required" field when the associated normal field is missing or empty, which is not sanitized before being presented in an error message.

MediumCVSS 5.8 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
May 15, 2006
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.3% · 69th percentile
CWE
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Action score

23

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
23 / 40 · 5.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
macromediacoldfusion

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • macromedia coldfusion5.0

Same product

macromedia: all records

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

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

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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