CVE-2006-5983
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in JBMC Software DirectAdmin 1.28.1 allow remote authenticated users to inject…
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 8Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 8 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits8
Exploit-DB8 entries
- DirectAdmin 1.28/1.29 - 'CMD_SHOW_RESELLER' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28999webapps, phppublished 12 Nov 2006Verified
- DirectAdmin 1.28/1.29 - 'CMD_SHOW_USER' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29000webapps, phppublished 12 Nov 2006Verified
- DirectAdmin 1.28/1.29 - 'CMD_TICKET_CREATE' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29001webapps, phppublished 12 Nov 2006Verified
- DirectAdmin 1.28/1.29 - 'CMD_EMAIL_FORWARDER_MODIFY' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29002webapps, phppublished 12 Nov 2006Verified
- DirectAdmin 1.28/1.29 - 'CMD_TICKET' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29003webapps, phppublished 12 Nov 2006Verified
- DirectAdmin 1.28/1.29 - 'CMD_EMAIL_VACATION_MODIFY' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29004webapps, phppublished 12 Nov 2006Verified
- DirectAdmin 1.28/1.29 - 'CMD_EMAIL_LIST' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29005webapps, phppublished 12 Nov 2006Verified
- DirectAdmin 1.28/1.29 - 'CMD_FTP_SHOW' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29006webapps, phppublished 12 Nov 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 2.0 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 21049 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- directadmin-user-xss(30256) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://aria-security.net/advisory/directadmin.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20061112 DirectAdmin Multiple Cross Site Scription (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1885 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-5966 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-5983)Record last updated .