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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-3233 · published 27 June 2006

CVE-2006-3233: Open webmail vulnerability

OOpen Webmail · Open Webmail

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.3% · top 29.6%
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://openwebmail.acatysmoof.com/dev/svn/index.pl/openwebmail/diff/trunk/src/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-read.pl?re
http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/doc/changes.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/20714
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-June/000902.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18598
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2485
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27309
http://openwebmail.acatysmoof.com/dev/svn/index.pl/openwebmail/diff/trunk/src/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail-read.pl?re
http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/doc/changes.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/20714
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-June/000902.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18598
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2485
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27309

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-3233), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-02). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.