CVE-2008-5678

Exp

Fretwell-Downing Informatics (FDI) OLIB7 WebView 2.5.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from files via the infile parameter to the default URI under cgi/, as demonstrated by the (1) get_settings.ini, (2) setup.ini, and (3) text.ini files.

Published: 2008-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5678 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.96%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5678

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6653 exploit_db edb 2008-10-02 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5678

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 2026-02-07 4.51% 4.96% +0.45%
2 2025-12-18 4.39% 4.51% +0.11%
3 2025-12-14 4.39%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5678

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5678

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5678

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fdgroup olib7_webview 2.5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:fdgroup:olib7_webview:2.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5678

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