CVE-2006-5983

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in JBMC Software DirectAdmin 1.28.1 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) user parameter to (a) CMD_SHOW_RESELLER or (b) CMD_SHOW_USER in the Admin level; the (2) TYPE parameter to (c) CMD_TICKET_CREATE or (d) CMD_TICKET, the (3) user parameter to (e) CMD_EMAIL_FORWARDER_MODIFY, (f) CMD_EMAIL_VACATION_MODIFY, or (g) CMD_FTP_SHOW, and the (4) name parameter to (h) CMD_EMAIL_LIST in the User level; or the (5) user parameter to (i) CMD_SHOW_USER in the Reseller level.

Published: 2006-11-20 Last update: 2025-12-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5983 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.51%). 10 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-5983

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29001 exploit_db edb 2006-11-12 Exploit-DB ↗
29003 exploit_db edb 2006-11-12 Exploit-DB ↗
29000 exploit_db edb 2006-11-12 Exploit-DB ↗
28999 exploit_db edb 2006-11-12 Exploit-DB ↗
29006 exploit_db edb 2006-11-12 Exploit-DB ↗
29004 exploit_db edb 2006-11-12 Exploit-DB ↗
29005 exploit_db edb 2006-11-12 Exploit-DB ↗
29002 exploit_db edb 2006-11-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5983

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 2025-12-17 0.58% 0.51% -0.07%
2 2025-08-31 0.50% 0.58% +0.08%
3 2025-07-09 — 0.50% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5983

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5983

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5983

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5983: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5983

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5983

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
directadmin directadmin 1.28.1 cpe:2.3:a:directadmin:directadmin:1.28.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5983

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