CVE-2008-5576

Exp

admin/forums.php in sCssBoard 1.0, 1.1, 1.11, and 1.12 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access via a large value of the current_user[users_level] parameter.

Published: 2008-12-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5576 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.77%). 1 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-2008-5576

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5149 exploit_db edb 2008-02-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5576

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 2.26% 2.77% +0.51%
2 2026-02-04 1.77% 2.26% +0.49%
3 2025-12-15 — 1.77% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5576

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-2008-5576

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5576

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
scssboard scssboard 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:scssboard:scssboard:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scssboard scssboard 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:scssboard:scssboard:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scssboard scssboard 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:scssboard:scssboard:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scssboard scssboard 1.12 cpe:2.3:a:scssboard:scssboard:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5576

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