Is CVE-2008-1862 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1862 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1862?

CVE-2008-1862 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-1862

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD

ExBB Italia 0.22 and earlier only checks GET requests that use the QUERY_STRING for certain path manipulations, which allows remote attackers to bypass this check via (1) POST or (2) COOKIE variables, a different vector than CVE-2006-4488. NOTE: this can be leveraged to conduct PHP remote file inclusion attacks via a URL in the (a) new_exbb[home_path] or (b) exbb[home_path] parameter to modules/threadstop/threadstop.php.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 3.0% (88th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-1862)
Published: April 17, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1862 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

exbb / exbb italia

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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