CVE-2008-3318

Exp

admin/index.php in Maian Weblog 4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by sending an arbitrary weblog_cookie cookie.

Published: 2008-07-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3318 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.94%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.65% 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-2008-3318

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6064 exploit_db edb 2008-07-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3318

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 2025-09-14 6.29% 8.94% +2.65%
2 2025-07-25 6.13% 6.29% +0.15%
3 2025-03-30 6.13%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3318

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-2008-3318

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3318

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
maian weblog <= 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:maian:weblog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
maian weblog <= 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:maian:weblog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3318

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