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$ cve CVE-2008-5576 JSON

CVE-2008-5576 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.8% (pctl 86)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

admin/forums.php in sCssBoard 1.0, 1.1, 1.11, and 1.12 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via a large value of the current_user[users_level] parameter.

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS2.77% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-287
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2008-12-15
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
scssboardscssboard

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbsCssBoard (Multiple Versions) - 'pwnpack' Remote s2008-02-18

References

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