CVE-2008-2478 Command injection in n/a
Authenticated resellers can execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the email field of cPanel's account creation script.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-2478?
CVE-2008-2478 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cpanel Cpanel, published on 28 May 2008. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2478?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cpanel Cpanel.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2478?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2478 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2008-2478 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2478 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-qp94-gr87-4wq3.