Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in warforge.NEWS 1.0 allow remote…
Priority LOW 22Published · 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
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in warforge.NEWS 1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via the (1) title and (2) newspost parameters to (a) newsadd.php, and the (3) name, title, and (4) comment parameters to (b) news.php, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-1818. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00888 59th 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:the_war_forge:warforge.news:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.0 | Vulnerable | The War Forge |
- cpe:2.3:a:the_war_forge:warforge.news:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·The War Forge
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6996
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3jqw-hwhx-6fx6
References
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More The War Forge Warforge.news vulnerabilities
- TI-2006-01764 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in warforge.NEWS 1.0 allow remote… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6
- TI-2006-01763 SQL injection vulnerability in authcheck.php in warforge.NEWS 1.0, with magic_quotes_gpc… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6
Sources
- CVE-2006-6996 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-6996 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3jqw-hwhx-6fx6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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