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low 3.5

CVE-2006-5883 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in cPanel 10 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML vi…

published 2006-11-14 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5866

cvss
3.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in cPanel 10 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) dir parameter in (a) seldir.html, and the (2) user and (3) dir parameters in (b) newuser.html.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-28983)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-28983 cPanel 10 - 'newuser.html' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2006-11-13
  • EDB-28982 cPanel 10 - 'seldir.html?dir' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2006-11-13
  • aria-security.net http://aria-security.net/advisory/cpanel.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21027 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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