Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU30966

Improper Authorization in cPanel - CVE-2016-10848

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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU30966

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10848

CWE-ID: CWE-285

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: cPanel, Inc

Affected software:
cPanel

Detailed vulnerability description

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).

Install update from vendor's website.