Cerberus maintains a narrow product line centered on helpdesk and FTP server software that, despite modest portfolio breadth, occupies a moderately prominent position in the vulnerability landscape. Its disclosures cluster around authentication weaknesses, input-handling flaws including cross-site scripting, and memory-safety issues, with a notable tendency toward public exploit availability. Current exploitation activity and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Cerberus over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (14 CVEs).
14 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2017-6880CRITICAL Buffer overflow in Cerberus FTP Server 8.0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long MLST comman | Mar 17, 2017 | 9.8 | 41 | NO | YES |
CVE-2026-6265HIGH Insecure preserved inherited permissions vulnerability in Cerberus FTP Server on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue has been resolved in Cerberus FTP Server: 2026.1 | Apr 27, 2026 | 8.8 | 32 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-4427HIGH Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Cerberus Helpdesk allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) file_id parameter to attachment_send.php, (2) the $ | Dec 20, 2005 | 7.5 | 29 | NO | YES |
CVE-2006-6366MEDIUM Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/elements/spellcheck/spellwin.php in Cerberus Helpdesk 0.97.3, 2.0 through 2.7, 3.2.1, and 3.3 allows remote attackers to inject | Dec 7, 2006 | 6.8 | 26 | NO | YES |
CVE-2006-5428MEDIUM rpc.php in Cerberus Helpdesk 3.2.1 does not verify a client's privileges for a display_get_requesters operation, which allows remote attackers to bypass the GUI login and obtain se | Oct 20, 2006 | 5.0 | 23 | NO | YES |
CVE-2006-0509MEDIUM Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in clients.php in Cerberus Helpdesk, possibly 2.7, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the con | Feb 1, 2006 | 4.3 | 21 | NO | YES |
CVE-2006-4539HIGH (1) includes/widgets/module_company_tickets.php and (2) includes/widgets/module_track_tickets.php Client Support Center in Cerberus Helpdesk 3.2 Build 317, and possibly earlier, al | Sep 5, 2006 | 7.5 | 20 | NO | NO |
CVE-2008-6440MEDIUM Cerberus Helpdesk before 4.0 (Build 600) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests for "controllers ... that aren't standard helpdesk pages," poss | Mar 6, 2009 | 5.0 | 15 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-3502MEDIUM attachment_send.php in Cerberus Helpdesk allows remote attackers to view attachments and tickets of other users via a modified file_id parameter. | Nov 5, 2005 | 5.0 | 15 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-1963MEDIUM Cerberus Helpdesk 0.97.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via certain requests to (1) reports.php, (2) knowledgebase.php, or (3) configuration.php, which lea | Jun 16, 2005 | 5.0 | 15 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (14 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Cerberus.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Cerberus — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.