Input validation error in cPanel - CVE-2017-18482

 

Input validation error in cPanel - CVE-2017-18482

Published: August 5, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30867
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18482
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: cPanel, Inc
Affected software:
cPanel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

cPanel before 62.0.4 allows resellers to use the WHM enqueue_transfer_item API for queueing non-rearrange modules (SEC-213).


How to mitigate CVE-2017-18482

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources