CVE-2008-6502

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Pro Chat Rooms 3.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to select an arbitrary local PHP script as an avatar via a .. (dot dot) in the avatar parameter, and cause other users to execute this script by using sendData.php to send a message to (1) an individual user or (2) a room, leading to cross-site request forgery (CSRF), cross-site scripting (XSS), or other impacts.

Published: 2009-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6502 is rated Exploit Available (59.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.50%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6502

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7409 exploit_db edb 2008-12-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6502

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 0.46% 1.50% +1.04%
2 2026-05-10 0.36% 0.46% +0.10%
3 2026-03-20 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6502

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6502

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6502

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
prochatrooms pro_chat_rooms 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:prochatrooms:pro_chat_rooms:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6502

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