CPanel DNSlook.HTML Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	21142
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2004-1875
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 17 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 08 2007 03:15AM
Credit:	Aria-Security Team is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	cPanel cPanel 10
Not Vulnerable:

CPanel DNSlook.HTML Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Cpanel is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application 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 the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

This issue affects version 10; other versions may also be vulnerable.

CPanel DNSlook.HTML Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspected vicitim to follow a malicious URI.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/frontend/x/net/dnslook.html?dns=[XSS]

CPanel DNSlook.HTML 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 if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

CPanel DNSlook.HTML Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• cPanel Homepage (cPanel)
  
• [Aria-Security] CPanel Network Tools Cross Site Scripting [Advisory] ([email protected])