Is CVE-2006-3233 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-3233 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-3233?

CVE-2006-3233 has a CVSS score of 4.3 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2006-3233?

Patch guidance is available from open webmail security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2006-3233.

CVE-2006-3233 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2006-3233?

14 products: open webmail open webmail, open webmail open webmail, open webmail open webmail, open webmail open webmail, open webmail open webmail, and 9 more.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in openwebmail-read.pl in Open WebMail (OWM) 2.52, and other versions released before 06/18/2006, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the from field. NOTE: some third party sources have mentioned the "to" and "from" fields, although CVE analysis shows that these are associated with the previous version, a different executable, and a different CVE.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: medium
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: partial
Availability: none
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: OPEN_WEBMAIL
Published: 6/27/2006
Last Modified: 4/3/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

open_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmail

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

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