// For flags

CVE-2008-6498

XAMPP 1.7.2 - Change Administrative Password

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

2
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that change a certain .htaccess password via the xampppasswd parameter.

La vulnerabilidad de tipo cross-site request forgery (CSRF) en el archivo security/xamppsecurity.php en XAMPP versión 1.6.8, permite a los atacantes remotos secuestrar la autenticación de usuarios para las peticiones que cambian una determinada contraseña de .htaccess por medio del parámetro xampppasswd.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2009-03-19 CVE Reserved
  • 2009-03-20 CVE Published
  • 2009-12-11 First Exploit
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2025-01-14 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Apachefriends
Search vendor "Apachefriends"
 Xampp
Search vendor "Apachefriends" for product "Xampp"
 1.6.8
Search vendor "Apachefriends" for product "Xampp" and version "1.6.8"
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Affected