Untrusted search path in cPanel - CVE-2016-10837

 

Untrusted search path in cPanel - CVE-2016-10837

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30957
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10837
CWE-ID: CWE-426
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 execute arbitrary code.

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


How to mitigate CVE-2016-10837

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources