Overview
cPanel contains multiple cross-site request forgery (XSRF) vulnerabilities. If successfully exploited, these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
Description
cPanel, a web-based tool that is designed to automate and control web sites and servers, contains multiple cross-site request forgery (XSRF) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may be triggered by a remote attacker who convinces an administrator to browse to a malicious website while logged into their cPanel account. |
Impact
An attacker may be able to perform actions that only authorized administrators should be able to execute. |
Solution
We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem. |
Enable referrer checking Referrer checking may mitigate some XSRF attacks. To enable referrer checking, follow the steps below. Note that referrer checking may cause some applications to fail.
Do not browse to untrusted sites Administrators can mitigate XSRF vulnerabilities in cPanel and other browser-based tools by not browsing to untrusted websites while logged into their account. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Michael Brooks for information that was used in this report.
This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2008-2043 |
| Severity Metric: | 2.25 |
| Date Public: | 2008-04-17 |
| Date First Published: | 2008-04-30 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2008-07-30 19:10 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 21 |