What is CVE-2017-5614?

CVE-2017-5614 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-5614?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Open Redirect in Cpanel

CVE-2017-5614

Open redirect vulnerability in cgiemail and cgiecho allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via vectors involving the (1) success or (2) failure parameter.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.012 (65.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cpanel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5614?: CVE-2017-5614 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-5614?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.