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Vulnerability Assessment Details

cPanel user Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for user parameter cross-site scripting vulnerability in cPanel

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a script that is prone to a cross-site
scripting attack.

Description :

The remote host is running cPanel.

The version of cPanel on the remote host suffers from a cross-site
scripting vulnerability due to its failure to sanitize user-supplied
input to the 'user' parameter of the 'login' page. A possible hacker may be
able to exploit this flaw to inject arbitrary HTML and script code
into a user's browser.

Solution :

Unknown at this time.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:N/A:N/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 13996

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Tenable Network Security

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