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CVE-2008-2478

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-94 Code Injection
Publication date:
28/05/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
8.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:stable:*:*:*:*:*:* 11.8.6 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:current:*:*:*:*:*:* 11.23.1 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools