CVE-2008-7142 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the Disk Usage module (frontend/x/diskusage/index.html) in cPanel 11.18.3 allows remote attackers to list arbitrary directories via the showtree parameter.

Published: 2009-09-01

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-7101	Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the Disk Usage module (frontend/x/diskusage/index.html) in cPanel 11.18.3 allows remote attackers to list arbitrary directories via the showtree parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01733.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/51582
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489747/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28300
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28300/exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41266

History

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Subscriptions

Cpanel Cpanel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-09-01T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:56:14.302Z

Reserved: 2009-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7142

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-01T16:30:00.517

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-7142

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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