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CVE-2006-5599

Published: Oct 28, 2006Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 32.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
apexoracle
On-prem
Databases / relational
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1792
securityreason.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449500/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_apex_css_wwv_flow_item_help.html
red-database-security.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 28, 2006
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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