CVE-2008-2298

Exp

Admin.php in Web Slider 0.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by setting the admin cookie to 1.

Published: 2008-05-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2298 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.79%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2298

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5629 exploit_db edb 2008-05-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2298

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 2.59% 2.79% +0.20%
2 2026-04-25 2.33% 2.59% +0.26%
3 2025-12-01 — 2.33% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2298

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2298

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2298

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sourceforge web_slider 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:sourceforge:web_slider:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2298

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