cPanel up to 11.23.1 Current index.php sup3r path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in cPanel. This impacts an unknown function of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument sup3r leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-6843. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in cPanel (Hosting Control Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument sup3r with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Fantastico, as used with cPanel 11.x, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the sup3r parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 07/02/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-6843 since 07/02/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php 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 vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46991), Exploit-DB (32632) and SecurityFocus (BID 32578†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Hosting Control Software

Name

• cPanel

Version

• 11
• 11.4.19
• 11.8.6
• 11.8.6 Stable
• 11.16
• 11.18
• 11.18.1
• 11.18.2
• 11.18.3
• 11.18.4
• 11.19.3
• 11.21
• 11.22
• 11.22.1
• 11.22.2
• 11.22.3
• 11.23.1
• 11.23.1 Current

License

• commercial

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