CVE-2004-0490 — 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

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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

Published Jun 3, 2004

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.47%

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.

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.47% 0.04466

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.04466

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	4.47% (0.04466)	91.14th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.47% (0.04466)	90.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jan 11, 2026	5.14% (0.05144)	89.54th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.43% (0.00430)	60.44th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.92% (0.01924)	78.05th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.92% (0.01924)	76.07th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.92% (0.01924)	55.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (7)

http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=283
x_refsource_MISC
http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=664
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.a-squad.com/audit/explain10.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securiteam.com/tools/5TP0N15CUA.html
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/364112
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10407
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16239
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=283		x_refsource_MISC
http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=664		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.a-squad.com/audit/explain10.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securiteam.com/tools/5TP0N15CUA.html		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/364112		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10407		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16239		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 3, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved May 27, 2004

Link CVE-2004-0490

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-0490

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2004-0490