CVE-2008-5090
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 4.6%EU EUVD
Electron Inc. Advanced Electron Forum before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via PHP code embedded in bbcode in the email parameter, which is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.
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-94
- EPSS score
- 4.6% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5069)
- Published
- November 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5069 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- anelectron / advanced electron forum
- anelectron / advanced electron forum
- anelectron / advanced electron forum
- anelectron / advanced electron forum
- anelectron / advanced electron forum
- anelectron / advanced electron forum
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31978(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4598
- http://www.anelectron.com/board/index.php?tid=3282(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00131-09202008
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496552/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31268(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45270
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6499
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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