A vulnerability was found in cPanel (Hosting Control Software) (version now known). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file dodelpop.html. The manipulation of the argument email with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect integrity.

The weakness was shared 02/02/2006 by Simo Ben Youssef (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:dodelpop.html it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries 28605, 28604, 83510 and 83511 are related to this item.

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