CVE-2008-6231

Exp

Pre Classified Listing PHP allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting the (1) adminname and the (2) adminid cookies to "admin".

Published: 2009-02-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6231 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.93%). 2 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-2008-6231

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6998 exploit_db edb 2008-11-05 Exploit-DB ↗
7000 exploit_db edb 2008-11-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6231

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 2026-04-12 3.38% 3.93% +0.55%
2 2026-02-20 3.04% 3.38% +0.34%
3 2025-12-19 — 3.04% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6231

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-2008-6231

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6231

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
preprojects pre_classified_listings — cpe:2.3:a:preprojects:pre_classified_listings:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6231

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