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CVE-2008-6657

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 1.14% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-04-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

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

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CVE
CVE-2008-6657
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
1.14%

Original NVD Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.0 before 1.0.15 and 1.1 before 1.1.7 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of admins for requests that install packages via the package parameter in an install2 action.