Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp X5, 6, and Server 6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTM
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp X5, 6, and Server 6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL after a # (hash) in the URL path, as demonstrated using en/frameset-7.html, and possibly other unspecified vectors involving templates and (1) whstart.js and (2) whcsh_home.htm in WebHelp, (3) wf_startpage.js and (4) wf_startqs.htm in FlashHelp, or (5) WindowManager.dll in RoboHelp Server 6.
- Published
- May 9, 2007
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 5.6% · 93th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
19
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 2 / 30 · 5.6%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | robohelp | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:robohelp |
| adobe | robohelp server | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:robohelp_server |
| microsoft | all windows | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:all_windows |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- adobe robohelp6
- adobe robohelpx5
- adobe robohelp server6
Same product
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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
Proof of concept available
A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.
Evidence
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2007-05-08 |
Research context
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Timeline
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- First PoC-2 d
- Published
- TodaySep 30, 2026+7084 d
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Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
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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
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Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- osvdb.org/35867
- secunia.com/advisories/25211
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-10.html
- www.devtarget.org/adobe-advisory-05-2007.txt
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468360/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23878
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1018020
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1714
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34181
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.