VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-0509

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.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.96%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 1.96% probability · 80th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 31 January 2006
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: cerberus/cerberus helpdesk
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-27153 source ↗	Cerberus Helpdesk 2.7 - 'Clients.php' Cross-Site Scriptingphp · preben@watchcom.no	webapps	31 January 2006	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.