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CVE-2005-2021

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2021 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cPanel versions 9.1 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'user' parameter on the login page. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring no authentication, with potential for partial integrity impact. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25846 · May 20, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0270 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityfocus.com / bid/13996
ExploitVendor Advisory