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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2008-2070 json

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 inj…

published 2008-05-12 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2067

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31773)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31773 cPanel 11.x - '/scripts2/listaccts?search' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2008-05-09
  • EDB-31772 cPanel 11.x - '/scripts2/changeip?user' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2008-05-09
  • EDB-31771 cPanel 11.x - '/scripts2/knowlegebase?issue' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2008-05-09
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29125 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.