CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1770

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The login page of cPanel 9.1.0 (and possibly other versions) allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by injecting shell metacharacters in the 'user' parameter.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take over the server, execute malicious commands, access sensitive data, or install a backdoor.

Recommendation

Immediately update cPanel to the latest available version that fixes this vulnerability, and apply input filtering on the 'user' parameter.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The login page for cPanel 9.1.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the user parameter.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS