cPanel 11.38.2/11.40.1/11.42.0 DNS Zone Editor information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in cPanel 11.38.2/11.40.1/11.42.0 (Hosting Control Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component DNS Zone Editor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 03/31/2014 with Rack911 as TSR 2014-0003 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at cpanel.net. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the project team. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:

A malicious cPanel account could use crafted inputs to the simple and advanced DNS zone editor interfaces to rewrite parts of the zone files that they are normally restricted from editing. With some inputs, this could disclose the contents of sensitive files on the system.

Upgrading to version 11.42.0.23, 11.40.1.13 or 11.38.2.23 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (92243). The entries 12792, 12793, 12794 and 12795 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

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Hosting Control Software

Name

cPanel

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cPanel 11.42.0.23/11.40.1.13/11.38.2.23

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03/31/2014 🔍
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04/01/2014 +1 days 🔍
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04/04/2014 +3 days 🔍
03/31/2019 +1822 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: TSR 2014-0003
Organization: Rack911
Status: Confirmed
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X-Force: 92243 - cPanel DNS zone editor information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 66561 - cPanel Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 57576 - cPanel Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/04/2014 10:29
Updated: 03/31/2019 22:43
Changes: 04/04/2014 10:29 (45), 03/31/2019 22:43 (13)
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