CVE-2008-2638

Exp

Static code injection vulnerability in guestbook.php in 1Book 1.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to upload arbitrary PHP code via the message parameter in an HTML webform, which is written to data.php.

Published: 2008-06-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2638 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.86%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2638

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5736 exploit_db edb 2008-06-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2638

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 5.48% 3.86% -1.62%
2 2025-12-05 4.65% 5.48% +0.83%
3 2025-07-31 4.65%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2638

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2638

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2638

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
1-script 1-book <= 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:1-script:1-book:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2638

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