Is CVE-2006-5718 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-5718 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-5718?

CVE-2006-5718 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-5718?

CVE-2006-5718 has an EPSS score of 1.61% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5718?

Upgrade phpmyadmin on debian 11 to 4:2.9.0.3-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-5718

MEDIUMEPSS 73th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in error.php in phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 through 2.9.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 or US-ASCII encoded characters, which are injected into an error message, as demonstrated by a request with a utf7 charset parameter accompanied by UTF-7 data.

How to fix

Remediation Available

phpmyadminDebian

Fixed in:4:2.9.0.3-1CVE-2006-5718

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.61%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch4

Other references5

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.