CVE-2008-2497

CRLF injection vulnerability in Mambo before 4.6.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-05-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2497 is rated Moderate Risk (43.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.22%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2497

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 0.36% 1.22% +0.86%
2 2025-03-17 2.26% 0.36% -1.90%
3 2025-02-22 2.26%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2497

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2497

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2497

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mambo-foundation mambo <= 4.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:mambo-foundation:mambo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2497

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