What is CVE-2008-1499?

CVE-2008-1499 is a vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-03-25.

Is CVE-2008-1499 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Cpanel

CVE-2008-1499

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in frontend/x/manpage.html in cPanel 11.18.3 and 11.21.0-BETA allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2008-03-25 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cpanel — versions 11.18.3, 11.21

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

krlabs/cpanel-vulnerabilities

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489963/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
securityreason.com/securityalert/3775 (Exploit, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28403 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41374 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-1499?: CVE-2008-1499 is a vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-03-25.
Is CVE-2008-1499 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.