CVE-2008-2071 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can perform unauthorized administrative actions in cPanel WHM by tricking admins into clicking malicious links.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-2071?
CVE-2008-2071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel Cpanel, published on 12 May 2008. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the WHM interface 11.15.0 for cPanel 11.18 before 11.18.4 and 11.22 before 11.22.3 allow remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as cPanel administrators via requests to cpanel/whm/webmail and other unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2071?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cpanel Cpanel.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2071?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2071 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-2071 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2071 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-f524-3q83-83v9.