CVE-2008-6498

N/A Unknown

Published: March 20, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32134

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47201

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7384

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/32134

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47201

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7384

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.4%

60th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

Affected Vendors

apachefriends

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