# CVE-2006-5599: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote attackers can inject arbitrary HTML or scripts via the WWV_FLOW_ITEM_HELP package in Oracle Application Express, requiring user interaction to execute.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Oct 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-39jf-7hvq-h87f

## What is CVE-2006-5599?

CVE-2006-5599 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Oct 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Oracle Application Express (formerly HTML DB) before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via the WWV_FLOW_ITEM_HELP package.  NOTE: it is likely that this issue overlaps one of the Oracle VulnIDs covered by CVE-2006-5351. Oracle has not publicly disputed claims by a reliable researcher that this has been fixed by the October 2006 CPU.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5599?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Apex.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-5599?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5599 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-5599 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5599 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-5352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5352/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-5351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5351/): Other in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2007-3860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3860/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-7138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-7138/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2026-60630](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60630/): Missing authorization in Oracle APEX (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-5599 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-5599 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Oct 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5599 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5599/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5599/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5599
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5599
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-5599

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