CVE-2008-2524

BlogPHP 2.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, and post (1) messages or (2) comments as an arbitrary user, via a modified blogphp_username field in a cookie.

Published: 2008-06-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2524 is rated Low Risk (38.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). 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-2008-2524

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 2025-03-17 1.04% 0.36% -0.68%
2 2025-02-28 0.60% 1.04% +0.44%
3 2025-01-21 0.60%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2524

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-2008-2524

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2524

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
blogphp blogphp 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:blogphp:blogphp:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2524

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