CVE-2023-29489

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Published Apr 27, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 65.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in cPanel before 11.109.9999.116. XSS can occur on the cpsrvd error page via an invalid webcall ID, aka SEC-669. The fixed versions are 11.109.9999.116, 11.108.0.13, 11.106.0.18, and 11.102.0.31.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 65.5% (65.533% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.assetnote.io/2023/04/26/xss-million-websites-cpanel/
https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/cpanel-tsr-2023-0001-full-disclosure.708949/

History

Feb 25, 2026 7:15 PM Affected versions updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.109.9999.116:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Cpanel Cpanel

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 2:07 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 27, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 2:07 PM
Reserved: Apr 7, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 2:07 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 2:07 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:50 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 27, 2023, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:50 AM

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Red Hat No data

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OpenCVE enrichment No data

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