CVE-2008-6843

Exp

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.

Published: 2009-07-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6843 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.88%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6843

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32632 exploit_db edb 2008-12-02 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6843

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.84% 6.88% +6.04%
2 2025-12-28 0.68% 0.84% +0.16%
3 2025-12-27 — 0.68% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6843

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6843

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6843

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netenberg fantastico_de_luxe — cpe:2.3:a:netenberg:fantastico_de_luxe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.4.19 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.4.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.8.6:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.8.6_stable cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.8.6_stable:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.16 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.18 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.18.1 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.18.2 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.18.3 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.18.4 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.18.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.19.3 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.21 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.21 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.21:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.22 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.22.1 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.22.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.22.2 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.22.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.22.3 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.22.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.23.1 cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.23.1:current:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpanel cpanel 11.23.1_current cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:11.23.1_current:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6843

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