CVE-2006-1712

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Published Apr 11, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 2.6 Low EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private archive script (private.py) in GNU Mailman 2.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the action argument.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-1712	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private archive script (private.py) in GNU Mailman 2.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the action argument.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.4% (1.430% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129136
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2006-April/000084.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19558
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015876
http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-checkins%40python.org/msg06273.html
http://www.osvdb.org/24442
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17403
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1269

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Mailman

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:19 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 11, 2006, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:19 PM
Reserved: Apr 11, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:23 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 11, 2006, 7:06 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:23 PM

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