CVE-2008-6799

Exp

connection.php in FlashChat 5.0.8 allows remote attackers to bypass the role filter mechanism and gain administrative privileges by setting the s parameter to "7."

Published: 2009-05-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6799 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.83%). 4 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-2008-6799

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32494 exploit_db edb 2008-10-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6799

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 5.74% 2.83% -2.91%
2 2026-05-07 5.18% 5.74% +0.56%
3 2025-03-30 — 5.18% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6799

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-2008-6799

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6799

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tufat flashchat 5.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:tufat:flashchat:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6799

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