CVE-2008-2478

Cpanel vulnerability

CVSS

8.5

EPSS

4.2%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

scripts/wwwacct in cPanel 11.18.6 STABLE and earlier and 11.23.1 CURRENT and earlier allows remote authenticated users with reseller privileges to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the Email address field (aka Email text box). NOTE: the vendor disputes this, stating "I'm unable to reproduce such an issue on multiple servers running different versions of cPanel.

Affected vendor

Cpanel

Affected product

Cpanel

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Published

2008-05-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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