HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2004-1770

Cpanel vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
10.2%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Cpanel
Affected product
Cpanel
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2004-03-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2004-1770

  • Confirm whether Cpanel Cpanel is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-1770.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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