CVE-2006-6096

ActiveNews Manager - Cross-Site Scripting via activenews_search.asp Query Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-6096. PoCs published by laurent gaffie.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a vulnerability in Active News Manager, specifically mentioning SQL injection and XSS issues due to insufficient input sanitization. It includes a generic example URL for XSS exploitation but lacks actual exploit code.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in activenews_search.asp in ActiveNews Manager allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by laurent gaffie · textwebappsasp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29088

The provided text describes a vulnerability in Active News Manager, specifically mentioning SQL injection and XSS issues due to insufficient input sanitization. It includes a generic example URL for XSS exploitation but lacks actual exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Active News Manager
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable application
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21167
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116387481223790&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0176
EPSS Percentile 75.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
dotnetindex/active_news_manager
Published Nov 24, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026