CVE-2006-2990

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2006-2990 · Published 13/06/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-2990 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting vanillasoft helpdesk (vanillasoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vanillasoft helpdesk vanillasoft	`= 2005`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in default.asp in VanillaSoft Helpdesk 2005 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter.

References

pridels0.blogspot.com/2006/06/vanillasoft-helpdesk-xss-vuln.html
secunia.com/advisories/20544 · Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com/id
securityfocus.com/bid/18368
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2247
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27020

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