CVE-2006-3841

Status: ModifiedLow (2.6)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebScarab before 20060718-1904, when used with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 or Konqueror 3.5.3, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL, which is not sanitized before being returned in an error message when WebScarab is not able to access the URL.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base score: 2.6

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.37%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 71
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Owasp — Webscarab

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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