CVE-2008-7142

Published: Sep 1, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

5.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Cpanel: Cpanel

Cpanel

1 product

Cpanel

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cpanel Cpanel	Version 11.18.3

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (10)

http://osvdb.org/51582

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489747/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28300

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28300/exploit

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41266

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/51582