CVE-2006-2431

IBM Websphere 6.0 - 'Faultactor' Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 500 Internal Server Error page on the SOAP port (8880/tcp) in IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 and earlier, 5.1.x before 5.1.1.12, and 6.0.2 up to 6.0.2.7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI, which is contained in a FAULTACTOR element on this page. NOTE: some sources have reported the element as "faultfactor," but this is likely erroneous.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-05-17 CVE Reserved
2006-05-17 CVE Published
2006-11-13 First Exploit
2024-04-06 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (17)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/910	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017170	Vdb Entry
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-November/001112.html	Mailing List
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20061031-00727.pdf?lang=en	X_refsource_misc
http://www.osvdb.org/25371	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450704/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21018	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30055	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28981	2006-11-13

URL	Date	SRC
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0175.html	2018-10-18
http://secunia.com/advisories/20032	2018-10-18
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&dc=DB550&q1=PK16492&uid=swg1PK22416&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=	2018-10-18
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012064	2018-10-18
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012163	2018-10-18
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK16602&apar=only	2018-10-18

URL	Date	SRC
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK26181&apar=only	2018-10-18
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1736	2018-10-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.0.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.0.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.0.1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.0.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.0.2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.1.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.1.0"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.1.0.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.1.0.2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.1.0.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.1.0.3"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.1.0.4 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.1.0.4"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.1.0.5 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.1.0.5"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.1.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.1.1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.1.1.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.1.1.1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.1.1.10 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.1.1.10"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				5.1.1.11 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "5.1.1.11"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				6.0.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "6.0.2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				6.0.2.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "6.0.2.1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				6.0.2.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "6.0.2.2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				6.0.2.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "6.0.2.3"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				6.0.2.4 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "6.0.2.4"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				6.0.2.5 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "6.0.2.5"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				6.0.2.6 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "6.0.2.6"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Websphere Application Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server"				6.0.2.7 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Websphere Application Server" and version "6.0.2.7"		-		Affected