SB2025071041 - cPanel EasyApache4 update for PHP 



SB2025071041 - cPanel EasyApache4 update for PHP

Published: July 10, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025071041
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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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.