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CVE-2004-0490

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

cPanel, when compiling Apache 1.3.29 and PHP with the mod_phpsuexec option, does not set the --enable-discard-path option, which causes php to use the SCRIPT_FILENAME variable to find and execute a script instead of the PATH_TRANSLATED variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PHP code as other users via a URL that references the attacker's script after the user's script, which executes the attacker's script with the user's privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0529.

Affected products

• WebPros cPanel: 5.0, 5.3, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.4.1 (+7)

References

• http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=283
• http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=664
• http://www.a-squad.com/audit/explain10.html
• http://www.securiteam.com/tools/5TP0N15CUA.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/364112
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10407
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16239
• http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=283
• http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=664
• http://www.a-squad.com/audit/explain10.html
• http://www.securiteam.com/tools/5TP0N15CUA.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/364112

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