Cross-site scripting in cPanel - CVE-2016-10851
Published: August 1, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30969
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10851
CWE-ID: CWE-79
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 self XSS in the WHM PHP Configuration editor interface (SEC-84).
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10851
Install update from vendor's website.