CVE-2008-5184

Exp

The web interface (cgi-bin/admin.c) in CUPS before 1.3.8 uses the guest username when a user is not logged on to the web server, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended policy and conduct CSRF attacks via the (1) add and (2) cancel RSS subscription functions.

Published: 2008-11-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5184 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.67%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5184

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5184

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% 3.67% +3.35%
2 2025-03-30 0.59% 0.32% -0.27%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.59% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5184

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-2008-5184

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5184

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-5184 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cups), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5184
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5184
ubuntu low CVE-2008-5184 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (cups, cupsys), 10 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): DNE 4, needs-triage 2, not-affected 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5184

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-5184

  • Red Hat (2008-12-03T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of CUPS as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. Versions shipped do not support RSS subscriptions.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5184

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple cups <= 1.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.5-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.5-2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6-2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6-3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.9-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.10-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.16 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.23 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.23 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.23:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5184

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