CVE-2008-2043

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-05-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in cPanel, possibly 11.18.3 and 11.19.3, allow remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary code via the command1 parameter to frontend/x2/cron/editcronsimple.html, and perform various administrative actions via (2) frontend/x2/sql/adddb.html, (3) frontend/x2/sql/adduser.html, and (4) frontend/x2/ftp/doaddftp.html.

Affected products

WebPros cPanel: 11.18.3, 11.19.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30027
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584089
http://www.rooksecurity.com/blog/?p=7
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1401/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42114
http://secunia.com/advisories/30027
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584089
http://www.rooksecurity.com/blog/?p=7
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1401/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42114

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