CVE-2008-5764

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in calendar.php in WorkSimple 1.2.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the lang parameter.

Published: 2008-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5764 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 38.69%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +10.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5764

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7481 exploit_db edb 2008-12-15 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5764

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 2025-12-27 28.38% 38.69% +10.32%
2 2025-07-18 23.89% 28.38% +4.49%
3 2025-05-21 23.89%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5764

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5764

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5764

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
2500mhz worksimple 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:2500mhz:worksimple:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5764

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