CVE-2008-0896

BEA WebLogic Portal 10.0 and 9.2 through MP1, when an administrator deletes a single instance of a content portlet, removes entitlement policies for other content portlets, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Published: 2008-02-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0896 is rated Low Risk (38.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.80%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0896

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 0.29% 0.80% +0.51%
2 2025-03-17 0.08% 0.29% +0.21%
3 2023-03-07 0.08%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0896

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0896

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0896

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bea_systems weblogic_portal 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:bea_systems:weblogic_portal:9.2:mp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bea_systems weblogic_portal 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:bea_systems:weblogic_portal:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0896

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