Is CVE-2008-2028 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2028 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2028?

CVE-2008-2028 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-2028

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD

miniBB 2.2, and possibly earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to obtain the full path via a direct request to the glang parameter in a registernew action to index.php, which leaks the path in an error message.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
EPSS score: 2.2% (83th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2025)
Published: April 30, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2025 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

minibb / minibb

References

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

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