cPanel Front Page Extension Installation Information Disclosure

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2391

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote host is running a version of cPanel that is older or as old as version 9.9.1.

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to two flaws :
- An information disclosure flaw if the FrontPage Extension is installed that may allow a local attacker to read arbitrary files on the remote host with the privileges of the 'cpsvrd' process.
- A file ownership problem in the FrontPage Extension that may allow a local attacker to read the content of a .htaccess file ;

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2391

Family: Web Servers

Published: 11/6/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cpanel:cpanel

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1603

BID: 11449, 11456, 11455