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CVE-2008-6499

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 1.56% Public Exploit

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

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CVE
CVE-2008-6499
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
1.56%

Original NVD Description

security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 performs an extract operation on the SERVER superglobal array, which allows remote attackers to spoof critical variables, as demonstrated by setting the REMOTE_ADDR variable to 127.0.0.1.