CVE-2008-6421

Exp

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in social_game_play.php in Social Site Generator (SSG) 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the path parameter.

Published: 2009-03-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6421 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.33%). 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-2008-6421

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5701 exploit_db edb 2008-05-31 Exploit-DB ↗
5707 exploit_db edb 2008-05-31 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6421

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 2026-04-26 3.73% 4.33% +0.60%
2 2026-03-06 2.40% 3.73% +1.33%
3 2025-12-04 — 2.40% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6421

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-2008-6421

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6421

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
socialsitegenerator social_site_generator 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:socialsitegenerator:social_site_generator:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6421

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