CVE-2006-4954

Exp

The updateuser servlet in Neon WebMail for Java before 5.08 does not validate the in_id parameter, which allows remote attackers to modify information of arbitrary users, as demonstrated by modifying (1) passwords and (2) permissions, (3) viewing profile settings, and (4) creating and (5) deleting users.

Published: 2006-09-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4954 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.66%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.13% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-4954

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28609 exploit_db edb 2006-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4954

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 2026-02-21 7.53% 8.66% +1.13%
2 2025-06-11 6.58% 7.53% +0.95%
3 2025-05-12 6.58%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4954

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4954

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4954

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
neosys neon_webmail 5.06 cpe:2.3:a:neosys:neon_webmail:5.06:*:java:*:*:*:*:*
neosys neon_webmail 5.07 cpe:2.3:a:neosys:neon_webmail:5.07:*:java:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4954

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