CVE-2008-6772

Exp

login/register_form.php in YourPlace 1.0.2 and earlier does not check that a username already exists when a new account is created, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by registering a new account with the username of a target user.

Published: 2009-04-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6772 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.38%). 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-2008-6772

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7545 exploit_db edb 2008-12-22 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6772

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 2026-04-29 1.23% 1.38% +0.14%
2 2025-12-29 2.01% 1.23% -0.77%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.01% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6772

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-2008-6772

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6772

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
peterselie yourplace <= 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:peterselie:yourplace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peterselie yourplace 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:peterselie:yourplace:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peterselie yourplace 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:peterselie:yourplace:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6772

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