PT-2009-2312 · Cpanel · Cpanel

Published 2009-07-02 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-6843

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: cPanel versions 11.x

Description: A directory traversal issue in index.php, specifically in the Fantastico component, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This is achieved by including a .. (dot dot) in the sup3r parameter of a request to the vulnerable endpoint.

Recommendations: For cPanel version 11.x, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent directory traversal attacks.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6843

Affected Products

Cpanel

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32632 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/32578 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6843 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6843 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/498814/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46991 · Note