CVE-2008-2478

CVSS V2 High 8.5 CVSS V3 None

Description

** DISPUTED ** 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."

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-2478

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-05-28T15:32:00

Last Modified Date
2018-10-11T20:41:41

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-94	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel::stable::::::*	1	OR		11.8.6
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel::current::::::*	1	OR		11.23.1

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
8.5

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
6.8

Impact Score
10

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29277	Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020042
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42529
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492259/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492223/100/0/threaded

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2478
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2478

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:28:46				Added to TrackCVE