CVE-2006-5883 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2006-11-14

Score: 3.5 Low

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5866	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01728.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aria-security.net/advisory/cpanel.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/22825
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1847
http://www.osvdb.org/30386
http://www.osvdb.org/30387
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451374/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21027
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4500

History

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Subscriptions

Cpanel Cpanel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-14T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:04:55.760Z

Reserved: 2006-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5883

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-14T19:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:32:04.290

Link: CVE-2006-5883

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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