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CVE-2008-6984

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.8 Published: 2009-08-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Plesk 8.6.0, when short mail login names (SHORTNAMES) are enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and send spam e-mail via a message with (1) a base64-encoded username that begins with a valid shortname, or (2) a username that matches a valid password, as demonstrated using (a) SMTP and qmail, and (b) Courier IMAP and POP3.

Affected Platforms

Parallels Plesk

Weakness Type

CWE-287

References