CVE-2008-0164

Exp

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Plone CMS 3.0.5 and 3.0.6 allow remote attackers to (1) add arbitrary accounts via the join_form page and (2) change the privileges of arbitrary groups via the prefs_groups_overview page.

Published: 2008-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0164 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.64%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0164

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0164

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.26% 0.64% +0.38%
2 2026-06-05 0.24% 0.26% +0.02%
3 2025-03-30 0.24%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0164

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0164

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2008-0164

GHSA-4j3w-g62x-hrcp · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Plone Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-0164

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-0164 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zope-cmfplone), 13 status rows across 13 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): DNE 6, ignored 6, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0164

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-0164

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Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0164

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
plone plone_cms 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone_cms 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone_cms:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0164

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