{"id":469,"date":"2012-11-07T17:40:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T22:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/11\/07\/disable-cpanel-guestbook-cgi-script\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:12:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:12:48","slug":"disable-cpanel-guestbook-cgi-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/disable-cpanel-guestbook-cgi-script\/","title":{"rendered":"Disable default cPanel guestbook CGI script"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article we\u2019ll discuss the built-in <strong>guestbook.cgi<\/strong> script that is available from cPanel, and how to disable it in case it is causing your website to fail a PCI compliance scan. If you happened to have read our previous article on <a href=\"\/support\/security\/how-to-pass-pci-scans\/\">how to pass PCI compliance scans<\/a>, the cPanel <strong>\/cgi-sys\/guestbook.cgi<\/strong> script is a common test that will cause a PCI scan to fail for your website.<\/p>\n<p>Disabling the cPanel <strong>guestbook.cgi<\/strong> script requires two steps, first accessing the <strong>Feature Manager<\/strong> in WHM (Web Host Manager) with <a href=\"\/support\/server\/ssh\/root-access-faq\/\">root access<\/a> already being setup on your server to disable the feature showing up in cPanel so a user doesn\u2019t try to install it and ends up with an error. Then you need to <a href=\"\/support\/server\/ssh\/how-to-login-ssh\/\">login to your server via SSH<\/a> as the root user to modify your Apache configuration to prevent the script from being accessible.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow the steps below in order to disable this script so that you can pass a PCI scan that is failing your website for having it enabled.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/log-into-whm\/\">Log into WHM<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0<strong>Find<\/strong> box type in\u00a0<strong>feature<\/strong>, then click on\u00a0<strong>Feature Manager<\/strong>.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_whm-click-on-feature-manager.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_whm-click-on-feature-manager.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"whm-click-on-feature-manager\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_whm-click-on-feature-manager.png 497w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_whm-click-on-feature-manager-300x126.png 300w\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Under the\u00a0<strong>Edit a Feature List<\/strong> drop-down, leave\u00a0<strong>default<\/strong> selected, then click on\u00a0<strong>Edit<\/strong>.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_whm-feature-manager-click-on-edit.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_whm-feature-manager-click-on-edit.png\" alt=\"whm-feature-manager-click-on-edit\" width=\"709\" height=\"536\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Scroll down the page and un-check\u00a0<strong>Simple Guestbook<\/strong>, then click on\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong> at the bottom of the page.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_whm-feature-manager-uncheck-guestbook-click-save.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_whm-feature-manager-uncheck-guestbook-click-save.png\" alt=\"whm-feature-manager-uncheck-guestbook-click-save\" width=\"710\" height=\"893\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>You should now see that the <b>default<\/b>\u00a0feature list was saved.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_whm-feature-manager-saved.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_whm-feature-manager-saved.png\" alt=\"whm-feature-manager-saved\" width=\"382\" height=\"203\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now when viewing the\u00a0<strong>CGI Center<\/strong> in cPanel, you\u2019ll notice the\u00a0<strong>Simple GuestBook<\/strong> link is no longer available.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_cpanel-cgi-center-minus-guestbook.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_cpanel-cgi-center-minus-guestbook.png\" alt=\"cpanel-cgi-center-minus-guestbook\" width=\"772\" height=\"625\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now to disable the script from being accessible <a href=\"\/support\/server\/ssh\/how-to-login-ssh\/\">log into your server via SSH<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Make a copy of your current Apache configuration with the following command:\n<pre class=\"code_block\">cp -frp \/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/httpd.conf{,.backup}<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now edit your Apache configuration with your favorite text editor, in this example we are using <strong>vim<\/strong>.\n<pre class=\"code_block\">vim \/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/httpd.conf<\/pre>\n<p>Navigate down to your <strong>VirtualHosts<\/strong> section for your domain which should look like the following:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"code_block\">&lt;VirtualHost 123.123.123.123:80&gt;\n    ServerName example.com\n    ServerAlias www.example.com\n    DocumentRoot \/home\/dummydom\/public_html\n    ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com\n    ## User dummydom # Needed for Cpanel::ApacheConf\n    &lt;IfModule mod_suphp.c&gt;\n        suPHP_UserGroup dummydom dummydom\n    &lt;\/IfModule&gt;\n    &lt;IfModule !mod_disable_suexec.c&gt;\n        &lt;IfModule !mod_ruid2.c&gt;\n           SuexecUserGroup dummydom dummydom\n        &lt;\/IfModule&gt;\n    &lt;\/IfModule&gt;\n    &lt;IfModule mod_ruid2.c&gt;\n       RUidGid dummydom dummydom\n    &lt;\/IfModule&gt;\n    CustomLog \/usr\/local\/apache\/domlogs\/example.com-bytes_log \"%{%s}t %I .\\n%{%s}t %O .\"\n    CustomLog \/usr\/local\/apache\/domlogs\/example.com combined\n    ScriptAlias \/cgi-bin\/ \/home\/dummydom\/public_html\/cgi-bin\/\n    # To customize this VirtualHost use an include file at the following location\n    # Include \"\/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/std\/2\/yourdom\/example.com\/*.conf\"\n&lt;\/VirtualHost&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>You\u2019ll want to uncomment the following line:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"code_block\"># Include \"\/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/std\/2\/dummydom\/example.com\/*.conf\"<\/pre>\n<p>By placing your cursor over the pound symbol <strong>#<\/strong> and hitting <strong>Delete<\/strong> on your keyboard:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"code_block\">Include \"\/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/std\/2\/dummydom\/example.com\/*.conf\"<\/pre>\n<p>Now you can save the file by hitting <strong>:<\/strong> to enter command mode, and then entering in <strong>wq<\/strong> for <strong>w<\/strong>rite and <strong>q<\/strong>uit.<\/p><\/li>\n<li>Next create the Apache include directory with the following command of course using the paths for your account instead of this example one:\n<pre class=\"code_block\">mkdir -p \/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/std\/2\/<span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;\">dummydom<\/span>\/example.com\/<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now you\u2019ll want to echo the following value into a <strong>disable_cgisys.conf<\/strong> file inside that directory you just created:\n<pre class=\"code_block\">echo \"ScriptAlias \/cgi-sys\/ \/home\/dummydom\/public_html\/cgi-bin\/\" &gt; \/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/std\/2\/dummydom\/example.com\/disable_cgisys.conf<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Next rebuild the Apache configuration so that the new include path is built-in with the following command:\n<pre class=\"code_block\">\/scripts\/rebuildhttpdconf<\/pre>\n<p>You should get back the response:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"code_block\">Built \/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/httpd.conf OK<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now you want to restart Apache using the following command:\n<pre class=\"code_block\">service httpd restart<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Finally you\u2019ll want to create a symbolic link to handle HTTPS requests as well in case you have an SSL certificate setup on your domain using the following command:\n<pre class=\"code_block\">ln -s \/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/std\/2\/dummydom\/example.com\/disable_cgisys.conf \/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/ssl\/2\/dummydom\/example.com\/disable_cgisys.conf<\/pre>\n<p>The difference above is the <strong>\/std\/<\/strong> and <strong>\/ssl\/<\/strong> part of the path.<\/p><\/li>\n<li>Now if you try to view a guestbook page you\u2019ll see it is no longer found:<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_guestbook-cgi-not-found.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/website_website-troubleshooting_pci-compliance_guestbook-cgi-not-found.png\" alt=\"guestbook-cgi-not-found\" width=\"743\" height=\"235\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So now that the cPanel 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If you run into any other issues in your scan, please note that it is possible to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-disable-cpanel-on-your-dedicated-server\/\">disable other cPanel features<\/a> that might pose potential risks or compliance concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article we\u2019ll discuss the built-in guestbook.cgi script that is available from cPanel, and how to disable it in case it is causing your website to fail a PCI compliance scan. 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