CVE-2008-7188

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ClipShare 2.6 does not properly restrict access to certain functionality, which allows remote attackers to change the profile of arbitrary users via a modified uid variable to siteadmin/useredit.php. NOTE: this can be used to recover the password of the user by using the modified e-mail address in the email parameter to recoverpass.php.

Published: 2009-09-09 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-7188 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.63%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.62% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-7188

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4837 exploit_db edb 2008-01-05 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7188

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 2025-11-21 2.01% 3.63% +1.62%
2 2025-03-30 4.93% 2.01% -2.92%
3 2025-03-29 4.93%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7188

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-2008-7188

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7188

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
clip-share clipshare 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:clip-share:clipshare:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7188

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