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Case File

CVE-2008-6498

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 1.05% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-03-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2008-6498
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
1.05%

Original Filing — NVD 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.