CVE-2006-0509

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in clients.php in Cerberus Helpdesk, possibly 2.7, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the contact_search parameter and (2) unspecified url fields.

Published: 2006-02-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0509 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.62%, 90th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.79% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0509

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27153 exploit_db edb 2006-01-31 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0509

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 4.83% 6.62% +1.79%
2 2025-03-29 6.62% 4.83% -1.79%
3 2025-03-17 — 6.62% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0509

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0509

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0509

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cerberus cerberus_helpdesk 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:cerberus:cerberus_helpdesk:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cerberus cerberus_helpdesk 2.7.1_development_release cpe:2.3:a:cerberus:cerberus_helpdesk:2.7.1_development_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0509

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