CVE-2008-6836

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in OpenID 5.x before 5x.-1.2, a module for Drupal, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims to delete OpenID identities via unknown vectors.

Published: 2009-06-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6836 is rated Low Risk (39.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6836

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 2025-12-28 0.16% 0.15% -0.02%
2 2025-12-27 0.15% 0.16% +0.02%
3 2025-10-28 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6836

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-2008-6836

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6836

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
peter_wolanin openid 5.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:peter_wolanin:openid:5.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peter_wolanin openid 5.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:peter_wolanin:openid:5.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peter_wolanin openid 5.x-1.x cpe:2.3:a:peter_wolanin:openid:5.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6836

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