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cPanel "resname" Cross-Site Scripting
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA26191
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Release Date:
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2007-07-27
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Popularity:
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6,318 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | cPanel 10.x
cPanel 5.x
cPanel 6.x
cPanel 7.x
cPanel 8.x
cPanel 9.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-4022
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Description:
Aria-Security Team have reported a vulnerability in cPanel, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "resname" parameter in frontend/x/htaccess/changepro.html is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Successful exploitation requires that the target user has valid user credentials.
The vulnerability is reported in all 10.x versions, as well as all prior versions.
Solution:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a web proxy.
Do not follow links from untrusted sources.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Aria-Security Team
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