CVE-2008-2990

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in facileforms.frame.php in the FacileForms (com_facileforms) component 1.4.4 for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the ff_compath parameter.

Published: 2008-07-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2990 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.29%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2990

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5915 exploit_db edb 2008-06-23 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2990

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 0.56% 2.29% +1.73%
2 2026-06-09 0.50% 0.56% +0.06%
3 2026-03-29 — 0.50% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2990

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-2008-2990

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2990

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
joomla com_facileforms 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:joomla:com_facileforms:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla — cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mambo com_facileforms 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:mambo:com_facileforms:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2990

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