CVE-2006-5453

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Bugzilla 2.18.x before 2.18.6, 2.20.x...

3.5 Low

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Bugzilla 2.18.x before 2.18.6, 2.20.x before 2.20.3, 2.22.x before 2.22.1, and 2.23.x before 2.23.3 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) page headers using the H1, H2, and H3 HTML tags in global/header.html.tmpl, (2) description fields of certain items in various edit cgi scripts, and (3) the id parameter in showdependencygraph.cgi.

Exploit likelihood

2.04%Down 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 3.5

Record: CVE-2006-5453
CVSS 2.0: 3.5 LowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2006-5453
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2006-5438 No score

Record: EUVD-2006-5438
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v738-m6pc-6pgr No score

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Bugzilla 2.18.x before 2.18.6, 2.20.x...

Record: GHSA-v738-m6pc-6pgr
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

mozilla bugzilla

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`bugzilla` Debian:3.1 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 2.16.7-7sarge2, plus listed versions 2.16.7-7sarge1	2.16.7-7sarge2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-5453 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) in Mozilla Bugzilla, published October 23, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.04%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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