CVE-2006-0073

DiscusWare Discus Freeware/Professional <3.10.5-3.10.4 - XSS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-0073. PoCs published by $um$id.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in DiscusWare Discus by injecting a script tag via the HTTP_REFERER parameter. The vulnerability allows arbitrary script execution in the context of the affected site.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in DiscusWare Discus Freeware 3.10.5 and Professional 3.10.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors in a URL, which is not properly sanitized from the resulting error message. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by $um$id · textwebappscgi
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27021

This exploit demonstrates a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in DiscusWare Discus by injecting a script tag via the HTTP_REFERER parameter. The vulnerability allows arbitrary script execution in the context of the affected site.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Discus Professional 3.10, Discus Freeware 3.10
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A vulnerable version of DiscusWare Discus · User interaction to trigger the payload
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/22153
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16119
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18283

Scores

EPSS 0.0169
EPSS Percentile 74.0%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
discusware/discus_freeware 3.10.5
discusware/discus_professional 3.10.4
Published Jan 04, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026