CVE-2006-5819

Published: Nov 18, 2006Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

10.0CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to use the server as a proxy for web attacks and host scanning via a direct request to the highlight/index.html script.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

verity

commercial

ultraseekOn-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017235

securitytracker.com

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/559616

kb.cert.org

http://www.osvdb.org/22892

osvdb.org

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