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CVE-2016-10769

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.0 Published 2019-08-05
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 11.54.0.33 / 56.0.39 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
cPanel before 60.0.25 allows an open redirect via /cgi-sys/FormMail-clone.cgi (SEC-162).

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

An open redirect vulnerability in cPanel before version 60.0.25 in the /cgi-sys/FormMail-clone.cgi endpoint allows attackers to craft malicious URLs that appear to originate from the legitimate cPanel site but redirect users to arbitrary external sites, facilitating phishing attacks.

MitigationUpgrade cPanel to version 60.0.25 or later (or apply vendor patch SEC-162) to remediate the open redirect vulnerability.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
CpanelApplication
Affected:>= 11.54.0.0, < 11.54.0.33>= 55.9999.61, < 56.0.39>= 57.9999.48, < 58.0.37>= 59.9999.58, < 60.0.25

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check cPanel version via command line
    Run /usr/local/cpanel/cpanel -V or whmapi1 version to retrieve the installed cPanel version number
    Affected if The installed version falls within any of these ranges: 11.54.0.0 to 11.54.0.32, 55.9999.61 to 56.0.38, 57.9999.48 to 58.0.36, or 59.9999.58 to 60.0.24
  2. Verify the FormMail-clone.cgi endpoint exists
    Attempt to access https://yourserver:2083/cgi-sys/FormMail-clone.cgi or the equivalent port 2087 for WHM. Check if the endpoint responds (returns HTTP 200 or displays a form).
    Affected if The endpoint is accessible and returns a valid response, indicating FormMail-clone.cgi is installed and enabled
  3. Test for open redirect behavior
    Send a crafted request to /cgi-sys/FormMail-clone.cgi with a redirect parameter pointing to an external domain, such as ?redirect=http://malicious-site.com, and observe the Location header in the response
    Affected if The response includes a Location header redirecting to an arbitrary external domain not controlled by the cPanel installation

You are affected if your cPanel version is within the affected ranges AND the /cgi-sys/FormMail-clone.cgi endpoint is accessible and accepts redirect parameters to external domains.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to 11.54.0.33 / 56.0.39 / 58.0.37 or later
Fixed in 11.54.0.3356.0.3958.0.37
Interim mitigation

Upgrade cPanel to version 60.0.25 or later (or apply vendor patch SEC-162) to remediate the open redirect vulnerability.

Fix this in Cpanel Scoped from the published advisory
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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