CVE-2005-2021 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cPanel 9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the user parameter in the login page.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00337.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Cpanel	Cpanel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:6.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:6.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:6.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:6.4.2_stable_48:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:9.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2023	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cPanel 9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the user parameter in the login page.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13996

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00337}`	epss `{'score': 0.00338}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-21T04:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:11:19.024Z

Reserved: 2005-06-21T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2005-2021

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-06-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2021

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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