CVE-2008-3224

Unspecified vulnerability in phpBB before 3.0.1 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to "urls gone through redirect() being used within login_box()."

Published: 2008-07-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3224 is rated High Risk (65.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.49%). EPSS rose +1.16% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3224

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 0.32% 1.49% +1.16%
2 2025-03-30 1.07% 0.32% -0.75%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.07% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3224

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-2008-3224

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3224

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-3224 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (phpbb2, phpbb3), 10 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): DNE 4, not-affected 4, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3224

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3224

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpbb phpbb <= 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb phpbb 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb phpbb 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb phpbb 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb phpbb 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb phpbb 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb phpbb 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb phpbb 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpbb phpbb 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3224

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