directadmin CVE Vulnerabilities & Metrics

Focus on directadmin vulnerabilities and metrics.

Last updated: 16 Jan 2026, 23:25 UTC

About directadmin Security Exposure

This page consolidates all known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) associated with directadmin. We track both calendar-based metrics (using fixed periods) and rolling metrics (using gliding windows) to give you a comprehensive view of security trends and risk evolution. Use these insights to assess risk and plan your patching strategy.

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Global CVE Overview

Total directadmin CVEs: 4
Earliest CVE date: 20 Nov 2006, 21:07 UTC
Latest CVE date: 03 Oct 2025, 17:15 UTC

Latest CVE reference: CVE-2025-56551

Rolling Stats

30-day Count (Rolling): 0
365-day Count (Rolling): 1

Calendar-based Variation

Calendar-based Variation compares a fixed calendar period (e.g., this month versus the same month last year), while Rolling Growth Rate uses a continuous window (e.g., last 30 days versus the previous 30 days) to capture trends independent of calendar boundaries.

Variations & Growth

Month Variation (Calendar): 0%
Year Variation (Calendar): 0%

Month Growth Rate (30-day Rolling): 0.0%
Year Growth Rate (365-day Rolling): 0.0%

Monthly CVE Trends (current vs previous Year)

Annual CVE Trends (Last 20 Years)

Critical directadmin CVEs (CVSS ≥ 9) Over 20 Years

CVSS Stats

Average CVSS: 5.36

Max CVSS: 8.5

Critical CVEs (≥9): 0

CVSS Range vs. Count

Range Count
0.0-3.9 1
4.0-6.9 11
7.0-8.9 2
9.0-10.0 0

CVSS Distribution Chart

Top 5 Highest CVSS directadmin CVEs

These are the five CVEs with the highest CVSS scores for directadmin, sorted by severity first and recency.

All CVEs for directadmin

CVE-2025-56551 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 0 03 Oct 2025, 17:15 UTC

An issue in DirectAdmin v1.680 allows unauthorized attackers to manipulate the page layout and replace the legitimate login interface with arbitrary attacker-controlled content via supplying a crafted GET request.

CVE-2019-11193 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 30 Apr 2019, 19:29 UTC

The FileManager in InfinitumIT DirectAdmin through v1.561 has XSS via CMD_FILE_MANAGER, CMD_SHOW_USER, and CMD_SHOW_RESELLER; an attacker can bypass the CSRF protection with this, and take over the administration panel.

CVE-2019-9625 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 07 Mar 2019, 15:29 UTC

JBMC DirectAdmin 1.55 allows CSRF via the /CMD_ACCOUNT_ADMIN URI to create a new admin account.

CVE-2017-18045 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 7.5 21 Jan 2018, 07:29 UTC

JBMC DirectAdmin before 1.52, when the email_ftp_password_change setting is nonzero, allows remote attackers to obtain access or cause a denial of service (segfault) via an unspecified request.

CVE-2012-5305 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 06 Oct 2012, 22:55 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMD_DOMAIN in JBMC Software DirectAdmin 1.403 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the domain parameter.

CVE-2012-3842 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 03 Jul 2012, 22:55 UTC

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CMD_DOMAIN in JBMC Software DirectAdmin 1.403 allow remote authenticated users with certain privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) select0 or (2) select8 parameters.

CVE-2009-2216 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 25 Jun 2009, 23:14 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMD_REDIRECT in DirectAdmin 1.33.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI in a view=advanced request.

CVE-2009-1526 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 6.9 05 May 2009, 20:30 UTC

JBMC Software DirectAdmin before 1.334 allows local users to create or overwrite any file via a symlink attack on an arbitrary file in a certain temporary directory, related to a request for this temporary file in the PATH_INFO to the CMD_DB script during a backup action.

CVE-2009-1525 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 8.5 05 May 2009, 20:30 UTC

CMD_DB in JBMC Software DirectAdmin before 1.334 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name parameter during a restore action.

CVE-2007-4830 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 12 Sep 2007, 19:17 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMD_BANDWIDTH_BREAKDOWN in DirectAdmin 1.30.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the user parameter.

CVE-2007-3501 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 30 Jun 2007, 01:30 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMD_USER_STATS in DirectAdmin 1.30.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the domain parameter, a different vector than CVE-2007-1508.

CVE-2007-1926 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 6.8 10 Apr 2007, 23:19 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in JBMC Software DirectAdmin before 1.293 does not properly display log files, which allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) http or (2) ftp requests logged in /var/log/directadmin/security.log; (3) allows context-dependent attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into /var/log/messages via a PHP script that invokes /usr/bin/logger; (4) allows local users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into /var/log/messages by invoking /usr/bin/logger at the command line; and allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via remote requests logged in the (5) /var/log/exim/rejectlog, (6) /var/log/exim/mainlog, (7) /var/log/proftpd/auth.log, (8) /var/log/httpd/error_log, (9) /var/log/httpd/access_log, (10) /var/log/directadmin/error.log, and (11) /var/log/directadmin/security.log files.

CVE-2007-1508 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 20 Mar 2007, 10:19 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CMD_USER_STATS in DirectAdmin allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the RESULT parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-5983.

CVE-2006-5983 directadmin vulnerability CVSS: 6.0 20 Nov 2006, 21:07 UTC

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in JBMC Software DirectAdmin 1.28.1 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) user parameter to (a) CMD_SHOW_RESELLER or (b) CMD_SHOW_USER in the Admin level; the (2) TYPE parameter to (c) CMD_TICKET_CREATE or (d) CMD_TICKET, the (3) user parameter to (e) CMD_EMAIL_FORWARDER_MODIFY, (f) CMD_EMAIL_VACATION_MODIFY, or (g) CMD_FTP_SHOW, and the (4) name parameter to (h) CMD_EMAIL_LIST in the User level; or the (5) user parameter to (i) CMD_SHOW_USER in the Reseller level.