CVE-2008-7212

Exp

MOStlyCE before 2.4, as used in Mambo 4.6.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via certain requests to mambots/editors/mostlyce/jscripts/tiny_mce/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Published: 2009-09-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-7212 is rated Exploit Available (58.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.59%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-7212

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7212

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 2025-03-17 0.81% 0.59% -0.22%
2 2024-12-17 0.74% 0.81% +0.07%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.74% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7212

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-2008-7212

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7212

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mambo-foundation mambo <= 4.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:mambo-foundation:mambo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mambo-foundation mambo 4.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:mambo-foundation:mambo:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
brilaps mostlyce <= 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:brilaps:mostlyce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7212

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