CVE-2008-7214

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrator/index2.php in MOStlyCE before 2.4, as used in Mambo 4.6.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add new administrator accounts via the save task in a com_users action, as demonstrated using a separate XSS vulnerability in mambots/editors/mostlyce/jscripts/tiny_mce/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php.

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-2008-7214 is rated Exploit Available (59.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). 2 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-2008-7214

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7214

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 2025-03-30 0.22% 0.30% +0.08%
2 2025-03-29 0.30% 0.22% -0.08%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7214

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-7214

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7214

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-2008-7214

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