Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2006-6356 is an old cross-site scripting issue in PHPNews 1.3.0. A remote attacker could cause a vulnerable page to render attacker-supplied script or HTML through several request parameters. Business impact is mainly browser-side: user impersonation risk, phishing, content tampering, and reputational damage if the application is still public. Exposure is likely limited to organizations still running PHPNews 1.3.0, abandoned deployments, or forked code retaining templates/link_temp.php behavior. Modern environments are unlikely to be affected unless legacy PHPNews is still internet-facing. Medium priority if PHPNews is present and public-facing; low priority if asset inventory confirms it is absent. Because this is legacy software with no patch data in the bundle, focus first on discovery and retirement decisions. Mitigation focus: Inventory for PHPNews 1.3.0 and templates/link_temp.php.; Check archived vendor or project guidance for an official fix.; Retire or isolate unsupported PHPNews deployments if no fix exists..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- phpnews-linktemp-xss(30664)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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