PT-2019-8398 · Cpanel · Cpanel

Published 2019-08-02 · Updated 2019-08-06 · CVE-2017-18463

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cPanel versions prior to 62.0.17

Description The issue allows code execution in the context of the root account via a long DocumentRoot path.

Recommendations For versions prior to 62.0.17, update to version 62.0.17 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18463

Affected Products

Cpanel

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18463 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18463 · Security Note
• https://news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2017-0002-full-disclosure · Vendor Advisory
• https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/62+Change+Log · Note