CVE-2006-5703

Tikiwiki 1.9.5 - Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter in tiki-featured_link.php

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-5703. PoCs published by securfrog.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an information leakage vulnerability in Tikiwiki 1.9.5 (CVS) -Sirius- where an anonymous user can dump MySQL credentials by manipulating the 'sort_mode' parameter in various scripts. It also mentions an XSS vulnerability in another endpoint.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in tiki-featured_link.php in Tikiwiki 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a url parameter that evades filtering, as demonstrated by a parameter value containing malformed, nested SCRIPT elements.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by securfrog · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2701

This is a writeup describing an information leakage vulnerability in Tikiwiki 1.9.5 (CVS) -Sirius- where an anonymous user can dump MySQL credentials by manipulating the 'sort_mode' parameter in various scripts. It also mentions an XSS vulnerability in another endpoint.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Tikiwiki 1.9.5 (CVS) -Sirius-
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable Tikiwiki instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4316
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29958
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450268/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22678
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23039
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-11.xml
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1816
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20858

Scores

EPSS 0.0241
EPSS Percentile 81.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
tiki/tikiwiki_cms\/groupware 1.9.5
Published Nov 04, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026