CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2478
8.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-05-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 8.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
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 configurations
• cpanel cpanel (<= 11.8.6)
• cpanel cpanel (<= 11.23.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492223/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492259/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29277 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020042 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42529 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492223/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492259/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29277 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020042 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42529 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com