CVE-2006-5599
N/A
Published: October 28, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorApex
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Oracle Application Express (formerly HTML DB) before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via the WWV_FLOW_ITEM_HELP package. NOTE: it is likely that this issue overlaps one of the Oracle VulnIDs covered by CVE-2006-5351. Oracle has not publicly disputed claims by a reliable researcher that this has been fixed by the October 2006 CPU.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1792x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpuoct2006.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_apex_css_wwv_flow_item_help.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449500/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-291A.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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