CVE-2008-6854

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Xigla Software Absolute FAQ Manager.NET 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access by setting a cookie to a certain value.

Published: 2009-07-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6854 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). 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-2008-6854

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6902 exploit_db edb 2008-10-31 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6854

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 2025-12-18 0.60% 0.49% -0.10%
2 2025-03-30 1.14% 0.60% -0.54%
3 2025-03-29 1.14%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6854

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-2008-6854

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6854

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xigla absolute_faq_manager_.net 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:xigla:absolute_faq_manager_.net:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6854

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