cPanel OnMouseover Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18671
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 27 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 27 2006 12:00AM
Credit:	MexHackTeam.org is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	cPanel cPanel 10.8.2 118 cPanel cPanel 10.8.1 113
Not Vulnerable:

cPanel OnMouseover Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

cPanel is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help attackers steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Successful exploitation may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a cPanel user's account.

cPanel OnMouseover Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Example URI has been provided:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/cpanel_poc.txt

cPanel OnMouseover Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

cPanel OnMouseover Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• cPanel Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability (MeXHackTeam)
  
• cPanel Homepage (cPanel)