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CVE-2008-6843

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-07-02 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Fantastico, as used with cPanel 11.x, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the sup3r parameter.

Affected products

• WebPros cPanel: 11, 11.4.19, 11.8.6-stable, 11.8.6_stable, 11.16, 11.18 (+13)
• Netenberg Fantastico De Luxe: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498814/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32578
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46991
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498814/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32578
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46991

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