CVE-2008-2884

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in display.php in RSS-aggregator allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the path parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-06-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2884 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.62%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.90% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2884

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5900 exploit_db edb 2008-06-22 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2884

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 2025-12-07 1.72% 3.62% +1.90%
2 2025-08-17 1.44% 1.72% +0.27%
3 2025-06-27 1.44%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2884

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2884

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2884

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rss_aggregator rss_aggregator cpe:2.3:a:rss_aggregator:rss_aggregator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2884

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