Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in cPanel - CVE-2016-10845
Published: August 1, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30964
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10845
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: cPanel, Inc
Affected software:
cPanel
cPanel
Detailed vulnerability description
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).
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10845
Install update from vendor's website.