CVE-2008-3494

Exp

8e6 R3000 Internet Filter 2.0.12.10 allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions via an extra HTTP Host header with additional leading text placed before the real Host header.

Published: 2008-08-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3494 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.57%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-3494

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32167 exploit_db edb 2008-08-05 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3494

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 2026-03-05 2.96% 3.57% +0.61%
2 2025-09-26 2.91% 2.96% +0.04%
3 2025-08-06 2.91%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3494

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3494

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3494

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
8e6 r3000_internet_filter 2.0.12.10 cpe:2.3:a:8e6:r3000_internet_filter:2.0.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3494

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