CVE-2008-6844

Exp

The registration view (/user/register) in eZ Publish 3.5.6 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 3.9.5, 3.10.1, and 4.0.1, allows remote attackers to gain privileges as other users via modified ContentObjectAttribute_data_user_login_30, ContentObjectAttribute_data_user_password_30, and other parameters.

Published: 2009-07-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6844 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.81%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.43% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2008-6844

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7406 exploit_db edb 2008-12-10 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6844

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 2025-12-26 2.38% 3.81% +1.43%
2 2025-03-30 5.81% 2.38% -3.42%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.81% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6844

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-2008-6844

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-6844

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-6844 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ezpublish), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-6844

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6844

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ez ez_publish <= 3.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.10 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6844

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