Cross-site scripting in cPanel - #VU4864
Published: January 18, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4864
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: cPanel, Inc
Affected software:
cPanel
cPanel
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in reset password interfaces. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Additionally, several self-XSS vulnerabilities were also patched.
Remediation
This issue is resolved in the following builds:
62.0.4
60.0.35
58.0.43
56.0.43
54.0.36
62.0.4
60.0.35
58.0.43
56.0.43
54.0.36