CVE-2008-2478

cPanel 11.21 - 'wwwact' Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

** CUESTIONADA ** scripts/wwwacct en cPanel 11.18.6 STABLE y anteriores, y 11.23.1 CURRENT y anteriores, permite a usuarios autenticados remotamente con privilegios de re-vendedor ejecutar código arbitrario a través de meta caracteres de consola en el campo de dirección en un Email (también conocido como campo de texto de Email). NOTA: el fabricante cuestiona que, "Me es imposible reproducir ese fallo en distintos servidores ejecutando diferentes versiones de cPanel."

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-05-19 First Exploit
2008-05-28 CVE Reserved
2008-05-28 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492223/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492259/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020042	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42529	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31807	2008-05-19
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29277	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cpanel Search vendor "Cpanel"		Cpanel Search vendor "Cpanel" for product "Cpanel"				<= 11.8.6 Search vendor "Cpanel" for product "Cpanel" and version " <= 11.8.6"		stable		Affected
Cpanel Search vendor "Cpanel"		Cpanel Search vendor "Cpanel" for product "Cpanel"				<= 11.23.1 Search vendor "Cpanel" for product "Cpanel" and version " <= 11.23.1"		current		Affected