CVE-2006-6523

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—💥 Exploit

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

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 6.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.08%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 81
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · cPanel 11 BoxTrapper - Manage.HTML Cross-Site Scripting (12/8/2006)

Affected technologies (1)

Cpanel — Cpanel

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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