WebHost Manager (WHM) multiple scripts cross-site scripting
| whm-multiple-scripts-xss (30507) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
WebHost Manager (WHM) is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by multiple scripts. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the email, supporturl, pkg, domain, feature or the ndomain parameter in a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Note: The following scripts are reported to be vulnerable:
addon_configsupport.cgi
dochangeemail
editpkg
domts2
editzone
dofeaturemanager
park
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 1.7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 1.6 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Nov 24 2006 - 16:05:50 CST : WebHost Manager (WHM) Multiple Cross-Site Scripting.
- WHM Web site: WebHost Manager.
- BID-21288: WebHost Manager Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-6198: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in cPanel WebHost Manager (WHM) 3.1.0 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) email parameter to (a) scripts2/dochangeemail, the (2) supporturl parameter to (b) cgi/addon_configsupport.cgi, the (3) pkg parameter to (c) scripts/editpkg, the (4) domain parameter to (d) scripts2/domts2 and (e) scripts/editzone, the (5) feature parameter to (g) scripts2/dofeaturemanager, and the (6) ndomain parameter to (h) scripts/park.
Platforms Affected:
- cPanel WebHost Manager (WHM) X 3.1.0
Reported:
Nov 24, 2006
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