CVE-2008-2478 (GCVE-0-2008-2478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:05 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492223/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492259/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020042 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29277 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-05-18 00:00
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