THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-6983
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-6983

Devalcms vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.8%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
modules/tool/hitcounter.php in devalcms 1.4a allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the HTTP Referer header with a target file specified in the gv_folder_data parameter, as demonstrated by modifying modules/tool/url2header.php.
Affected vendor
Devalcms
Affected product
Devalcms
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-08-19

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 5.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-6983

  • Confirm whether Devalcms Devalcms is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6983.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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