CVE-2006-6523
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mail/manage.html in BoxTrapper in cPanel 11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the account parameter.
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 2.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mail/manage.html in BoxTrapper in cPanel 11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the account parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.08% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 December 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- cpanel/cpanel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.1% 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.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23302
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2028
- http://www.aria-security.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453888/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21497Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23302
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2028
- http://www.aria-security.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453888/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21497Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30788
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.