Is CVE-2008-4796 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-4796 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-4796?

CVE-2008-4796 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-4796

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 9.0%EU EUVD

The _httpsrequest function (Snoopy/Snoopy.class.php) in Snoopy 1.2.3 and earlier, as used in (1) ampache, (2) libphp-snoopy, (3) mahara, (4) mediamate, (5) opendb, (6) pixelpost, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in https URLs.

Key facts

CVSS score: 10.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78
EPSS score: 9.0% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-4775)
Published: October 30, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4775 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
nagios / nagios
snoopy project / snoopy
wordpress / wordpress

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN20502807/index.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000074.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32361(Third Party Advisory)
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=879959(Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1691(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496068/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31887(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2901(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46068(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/(Third Party Advisory)

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

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