CVE-2008-6498 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1% (pctl 63)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that change a certain .htaccess password via the xampppasswd parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 1.05% — more likely to be exploited than 63% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-352 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-03-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apachefriends | xampp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | XAMPP 1.7.2 - Change Administrative Password | 2009-12-11 |
| exploit-db | XAMPP 1.6.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Change Administrative Password) | 2008-12-08 |
References
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