cPanel 'manpage.html' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28403
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-1499
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 22 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit:	Linux_Drox
Vulnerable:	cPanel cPanel 11.21 -BETA cPanel cPanel 11.18.3
Not Vulnerable:

cPanel 'manpage.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 execute arbitrary script code 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.

cPanel 'manpage.html' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/frontend/x/manpage.html?<xss>

cPanel 'manpage.html' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

cPanel 'manpage.html' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• cPanel Homepage (cPanel)
  
• XSS in cPanel 11.x ([email protected])