CVE-2008-6524

Exp

resetpass.php in openInvoice 0.90 beta and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change the passwords of arbitrary users via a modified uid parameter. NOTE: this can be leveraged with a separate vulnerability in auth.php to modify passwords without authentication.

Published: 2009-03-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6524 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.00%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-6524

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5466 exploit_db edb 2008-04-18 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6524

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 2026-05-15 3.15% 4.00% +0.85%
2 2026-03-25 2.83% 3.15% +0.32%
3 2025-11-29 — 2.83% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6524

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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: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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6524

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6524

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cale_dunlap openinvoice <= 0.90 cpe:2.3:a:cale_dunlap:openinvoice:*:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6524

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