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TITLE:
cPanel "password" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24106

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24106/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

REVISION:
1.1 originally posted 2007-02-13

SOFTWARE:
cPanel 10.x
http://secunia.com/product/5280/

DESCRIPTION:
s3rv3r_hack3r has reported a vulnerability in cPanel, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "password" parameter in scripts/passwdmysql
within 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.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a web proxy.

Do not follow links from untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
s3rv3r_hack3r

CHANGELOG:
2007-02-13: Added CVE reference.

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