CVE-2008-6870

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Merlix Educate Server allows remote attackers to bypass intended security restrictions and obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) config.asp and (2) users.asp.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6870 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.92%). Core evidence: 1 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-2008-6870

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7348 exploit_db edb 2008-12-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6870

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 2025-12-17 2.00% 1.92% -0.08%
2 2025-03-30 2.88% 2.00% -0.88%
3 2025-03-29 2.88%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6870

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6870

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6870

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
merlix educate_server cpe:2.3:a:merlix:educate_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6870

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