CVE-2008-5400

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in mvnForum before 1.2.1 GA allow remote attackers to (1) create forums, (2) change account privileges, (3) enable accounts, or (4) disable accounts as a product administrator via unspecified vectors, possibly related to HTTP Referer headers.

Published: 2008-12-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5400 is rated Moderate Risk (48.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5400

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 2025-03-30 0.32% 0.44% +0.12%
2 2025-03-29 0.36% 0.32% -0.03%
3 2024-12-15 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5400

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-2008-5400

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5400

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mvnforum mvnforum <= 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:*:ga:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0:rc3_01:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0_beta1 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0_beta2 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0_beta3 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0_rc3_01 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0_rc3_01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0_rc4 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.0_rc4_04 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.0_rc4_04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0.2. cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0.2.:ga:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0_ga cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0_ga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.0_rc4 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.0_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mvnforum mvnforum 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mvnforum:mvnforum:1.1:ga:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5400

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