# CVE-2006-7158: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Oracle Application Express (APEX) before 2.2.1, aka Oracle HTML DB, allows remote attackers to i

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-03-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Oracle Application Express (APEX) before 2.2.1, aka Oracle HTML DB, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the NOTIFICATION_MSG parameter. NOTE: it is likely that this issue overlaps one of the identifiers in CVE-2006-5351.

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## References

- http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_apex_css_notification_msg.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2382
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30107
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22396
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449501/100/0/threaded

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