CVE-2008-4305

Static code injection vulnerability in installation/setup.php in phpCollab 2.5 rc3 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary PHP code into include/settings.php via the URI.

Published: 2008-12-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4305 is rated High Risk (67.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.06%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.57% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4305

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 1.49% 3.06% +1.57%
2 2025-05-14 1.67% 1.49% -0.18%
3 2025-03-30 1.67%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4305

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4305

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-4305

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2008-4305: 1 GLSA(s) (200812-20), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/phpcollab); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-4305

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4305

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php-collab php-collab <= 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:php-collab:php-collab:*:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
php-collab php-collab 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:php-collab:php-collab:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php-collab php-collab 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:php-collab:php-collab:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php-collab php-collab 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:php-collab:php-collab:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4305

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