CVE-2008-5296

Gallery 1.5.x before 1.5.10 and 1.6 before 1.6-RC3, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative via unspecified cookies. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-12-01 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5296 is rated Moderate Risk (44.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5296

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 2025-03-17 1.21% 0.31% -0.91%
2 2024-12-17 1.06% 1.21% +0.15%
3 2023-03-07 — 1.06% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5296

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5296

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5296

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-5296 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gallery), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 3, not-affected 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5296

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5296

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gallery gallery <= 1.5.9 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery <= 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.3.4:pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.4.4:pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.5.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gallery gallery 1.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:gallery:gallery:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5296

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