CVE-2008-6553

Exp

microcms-admin-home.php in Implied by Design Micro CMS (Micro-CMS) 3.5 (aka 0.3.5) does not require authentication as an administrator, which allows remote attackers to (1) create administrative accounts via an add_admin action, (2) remove administrative accounts via a delete_admin action, and (3) modify administrative passwords via a change_password action.

Published: 2009-03-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6553 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.47%). 3 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-2008-6553

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6933 exploit_db edb 2008-11-01 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6553

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 5.15% 2.47% -2.68%
2 2026-05-20 4.07% 5.15% +1.08%
3 2026-03-30 — 4.07% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6553

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-2008-6553

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6553

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
impliedbydesign micro-cms <= 0.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:impliedbydesign:micro-cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6553

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