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CVE-2017-5616

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgiemail and cgiecho allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the addendum parameter.

Affected products

• Cpanel Cgiecho: all versions
• Cpanel Cgiemail: all versions

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95870
• https://news.cpanel.com/tsr-2017-0001-full-disclosure/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95870
• https://news.cpanel.com/tsr-2017-0001-full-disclosure/

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