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TI-2006-01627 Aliases CVE-2006-1681GHSA-753j-vg28-ffmr

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cherokee HTTPD 0.5 and earlier allows remote…

Priority LOW 30Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cherokee HTTPD 0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a malformed request that generates an HTTP 400 error, which is not properly handled when the error message is generated.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06798 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 13

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1VulnerableCherokee
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.5VulnerableCherokee
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.6VulnerableCherokee
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2VulnerableCherokee
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.5VulnerableCherokee
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.6VulnerableCherokee
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.7VulnerableCherokee
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.6VulnerableCherokee
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.7VulnerableCherokee
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.8VulnerableCherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.5 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.6 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.5 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.6 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.7 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.6 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.7 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.8 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
Show 3 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.9VulnerableCherokee
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.17VulnerableCherokee
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5VulnerableCherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.9 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.17 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
  • cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5 Vulnerable ·Cherokee

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-1681
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-753j-vg28-ffmr

References

  • TI-2004-00994 Format string vulnerability in the cherokee_logger_ncsa_write_string function in Cherokee… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2001-01384 Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server allows remote attackers to read… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2001-01385 Cherokee web server before 0.2.7 does not properly drop root privileges after binding to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2009-03708 Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 and earlier for Windows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2004-02043 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cherokee before 0.4.8 allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2003-01100 connection.c in Cherokee web server before 0.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources