CVE-2006-6700
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in @Mail WebMail allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. NOTE: This information is based upon a vague initial disclosure. Details will be updated after the grace period has ended.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · low confidenceCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in @Mail WebMail allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization or output encoding in the webmail interface, allowing malicious scripts to be executed in the context of other users' sessions.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Atmail WebMail installationCheck your system for the presence of Atmail WebMail or Calacode Atmail Webmail System. Look for webmail-related directories, services, or installed packages. Common locations include /var/www/html/, /opt/, or check installed software packages using your system's package manager.Affected if The product is installed and accessible on the system
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Identify installed versionLocate version information in the Atmail WebMail installation. Check configuration files, about pages within the web interface, or any version.txt/info files in the installation directory. Compare against the affected range (all versions).Affected if The installed version matches Calacode Atmail Webmail System any version
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Verify web interface is accessibleDetermine if the Atmail WebMail web interface is exposed and reachable. Check if HTTP/HTTPS ports are listening for the webmail service and if external or internal users can access the login page.Affected if The web interface is accessible to users or attackers on the network
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Test for reflected inputLog into the Atmail WebMail interface and test common input fields (login, search, compose, address book) with benign test strings containing HTML characters like <script>alert('test')</script>. Observe if these characters are rendered as-is in the response without encoding.Affected if User-supplied input is reflected in web pages without proper encoding
If Calacode Atmail Webmail System is installed and its web interface is accessible, the environment is affected since all versions contain the XSS vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement context-aware output encoding and input validation for all user-supplied data rendered in web pages. Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) as an interim protective measure while the underlying code is remediated.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2006-6700 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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