SB2025071041 - cPanel EasyApache4 update for PHP
Published: July 10, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-52891)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing XML data with an empty XML tag. A remote attacker can send specially crafted XML data to the web application protected with ModSecurity, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability affects installations with SecParseXmlIntoArgs set to "On" or "OnlyArgs", which is not the default configuration.
2) Improper error handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1735)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect handling of error messages and situations in pgsql extension. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service attack under certain circumstances.
3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6491)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the PHP SOAP extension. A remote attacker can pass a large XML namespace prefix to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1220)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the null byte in the fsockopen() function implementation when handling hostnames. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted hostname to the application and force it to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.