CVE-2008-2070 Cross-site scripting in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 12 May 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can bypass XSS protection and inject scripts in cPanel WHM via malformed input, requiring user interaction to execute.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-2070?

CVE-2008-2070 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cpanel Cpanel, published on 12 May 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The WHM interface 11.15.0 for cPanel 11.18 before 11.18.4 and 11.22 before 11.22.3 allows remote attackers to bypass XSS protection and inject arbitrary script or HTML via repeated, improperly-ordered "<" and ">" characters in the (1) issue parameter to scripts2/knowlegebase, (2) user parameter to scripts2/changeip, (3) search parameter to scripts2/listaccts, and other unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2070?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cpanel Cpanel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2070?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2070 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2008-2070 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2070 exists.

Public exploit code: 3 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-6q98-vq5w-gxgv.