cPanel "objcache" cross-site scripting vulnerability

Tuesday, 13 February 2007

Vendor: www.cpanel.net
Product: cPanel
Affected versions: 10.x
Vulnerability: Input validation error
Class: Cross-site scripting

Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in cPanel, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "objcache" parameter in scripts2/objcache in WHM (WebHost Manager) 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.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 10.9.0 (build 134).

Solution:
Update to 10.9.0 (build 134).

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisories:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24097/
http://changelog.cpanel.net/