01 Record
CVE-2008-2478
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-05-28 15:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-05-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b175fabb497cc06b032109f2018174fbcff93efaa7c95863fa31ce5189747135
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20080518 Cpanel all version >> root access with a reseller account.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492223/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20080519 Re: Cpanel all version >> root access with a reseller account.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492259/100/0/threaded
- www.securitytracker.com1020042http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020042
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcpanel-wwwact-privilege-escalation(42529)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42529
- www.securityfocus.com29277http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29277