CVE-2008-2878

Exp

Open redirect vulnerability in rss_getfile.php in Academic Web Tools (AWT YEKTA) 1.4.3.1, and 1.4.2.8 and earlier, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the file parameter.

Published: 2008-06-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2878 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.79%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-2878

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5861 exploit_db edb 2008-06-19 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2878

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 7.62% 2.79% -4.83%
2 2025-08-16 5.33% 7.62% +2.29%
3 2025-06-26 — 5.33% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2878

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2878

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2878

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yektaweb academic_web_tools <= 1.4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:yektaweb:academic_web_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yektaweb academic_web_tools <= 1.4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:yektaweb:academic_web_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2878

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