Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in cPanel - CVE-2016-10847

 

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in cPanel - CVE-2016-10847

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30965
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-2016-10847
CWE-ID: CWE-74
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 read and manipulate data.

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


How to mitigate CVE-2016-10847

Install update from vendor's website.

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