CVE-2008-5040

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Graphiks MyForum 1.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the (1) myforum_login and (2) myforum_pass cookies to 1.

Published: 2008-11-12 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5040 is rated High Exploit Risk (75/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.26%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5040

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6857 exploit_db edb 2008-10-28 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5040

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 2026-01-02 1.77% 2.26% +0.49%
2 2025-12-18 2.23% 1.77% -0.46%
3 2025-11-12 — 2.23% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5040

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-2008-5040

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5040

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
graphiks myforum 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:graphiks:myforum:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5040

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