CVE-2008-6605

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the xslt script in the web-based management interface on the 2wire 1701HG, 1800HW, 2071HG, and 2700HG with firmware 3.17.5, 3.7.1, 4.25.19, or 5.29.51 allows remote attackers to hijack the intranet connectivity of arbitrary users for requests that cause a denial of service (network outage) via a page parameter with a % (percent) character followed by a non-alphanumeric character.

Published: 2009-04-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6605 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.94%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2008-6605

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7060 exploit_db edb 2008-11-08 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6605

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 0.42% 0.94% +0.52%
2 2025-12-19 0.22% 0.42% +0.20%
3 2025-03-17 0.22%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6605

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6605

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6605

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
2wire 1701hg 3.7.1 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:1701hg:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 1701hg 3.17.5 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:1701hg:3.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 1701hg 4.25.19 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:1701hg:4.25.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 1701hg 5.29.51 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:1701hg:5.29.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 1800hw 3.7.1 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:1800hw:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 1800hw 3.17.5 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:1800hw:3.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 1800hw 4.25.19 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:1800hw:4.25.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 1800hw 5.29.51 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:1800hw:5.29.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 2071hg 3.7.1 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:2071hg:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 2071hg 3.17.5 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:2071hg:3.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 2071hg 4.25.19 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:2071hg:4.25.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 2071hg 5.29.51 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:2071hg:5.29.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 2700hg 3.7.1 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:2700hg:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 2700hg 3.17.5 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:2700hg:3.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 2700hg 4.25.19 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:2700hg:4.25.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2wire 2700hg 5.29.51 cpe:2.3:h:2wire:2700hg:5.29.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6605

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