Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebHostManager (WHM) 10.8.0 cPanel 10.9.0 R50 allow remote attackers to inject arbit…

published 2006-10-26 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5520

cvss: 4.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits: 2; Exploit-DB

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebHostManager (WHM) 10.8.0 cPanel 10.9.0 R50 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) theme parameter to scripts/dosetmytheme and the (2) template parameter to scripts2/editzonetemplate.

Patch / fix

links 3

Timeline

2006-10-23 First public exploit (EDB-28844)
2006-10-26 Published

Exploit prediction

1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-28844 cPanel 10.9 - 'editzonetemplate?template' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2006-10-23
EDB-28843 cPanel 10.9 - 'dosetmytheme?theme' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2006-10-23
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20683 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

securityfocus.com /bid/20683
vdb-entry, exploit, patch
secunia.com /advisories/22555
third-party-advisory, patch, vendor-advisory
changelog.cpanel.net /
patch
securityreason.com /securityalert/1780
third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /archive/1/449472/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
vupen.com /english/advisories/2006/4190
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2006-5535
NVD CVE-2006-5535

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Summary