THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-6714
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-6714

Xecms vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
12.0%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
admin.php in xeCMS 1.0.0 RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the admin panel by setting the xecms_username cookie.
Affected vendor
Xecms Project
Affected product
Xecms
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2009-04-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-6714

  • Confirm whether Xecms Project Xecms is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6714.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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