SB2019080114 - Multiple vulnerabilities in cPanel, cPanel



SB2019080114 - Multiple vulnerabilities in cPanel, cPanel

Published: August 1, 2019 Updated: July 17, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2019080114
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 17
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 41% Medium 41% Low 18%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 17 vulnerabilities.


1) Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10847)

CWE-ID: CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVSSv4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-read and file-write operations via scripts/fixmailboxpath (SEC-80).


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10855)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows unauthenticated arbitrary code execution via cpsrvd (SEC-91).


3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10854)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows self XSS in the X3 Entropy Banner interface (SEC-87).


4) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10853)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]


The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can permanently inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


5) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10852)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 lacks ACL enforcement in the AppConfig subsystem (SEC-85).


6) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10851)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows self XSS in the WHM PHP Configuration editor interface (SEC-84).


7) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10850)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary code execution via scripts/synccpaddonswithsqlhost (SEC-83).


8) Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10849)

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows certain file-chmod operations in scripts/secureit (SEC-82).


9) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10848)

CWE-ID: CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

CVSSv4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to execute arbitrary code.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-overwrite operations in scripts/quotacheck (SEC-81).


10) Untrusted search path (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10837)

CWE-ID: CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

CVSSv4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary code execution because of an unsafe @INC path (SEC-46).


11) Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10845)

CWE-ID: CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVSSv4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-overwrite operations in scripts/check_system_storable (SEC-78).


12) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10844)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

The chcpass script in cPanel before 11.54.0.4 reveals a password hash (SEC-77).


13) Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10843)

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

CVSSv4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows code execution in the context of shared users via JSON-API (SEC-76).


14) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10842)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows certain file-read operations in bin/setup_global_spam_filter.pl (SEC-74).


15) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10840)

CWE-ID: -

CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary code execution during locale duplication (SEC-72).


16) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10839)

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSSv4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in bin/horde_update_usernames (SEC-71) in cPanel before 11.54.0.4. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.


17) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10838)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

cPanel before 11.54.0.4 allows arbitrary file-read operations via the bin/fmq script (SEC-70).


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.