CVE-2008-2970

Exp

Multiple session fixation vulnerabilities in Academic Web Tools (AWT YEKTA) 1.4.3.1, and 1.4.2.8 and earlier, allow remote attackers to hijack web sessions by setting the PHPSESSID parameter to (1) index.php and (2) login.php in homepg/.

Published: 2008-07-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2970 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.36%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2970

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2970

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 1.44% 2.36% +0.92%
2 2025-08-22 0.96% 1.44% +0.49%
3 2025-03-19 — 0.96% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2970

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2970

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2970

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-2008-2970

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