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CVE-2008-1171

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1171 describes multiple remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the 123 Flash Chat Module for phpBB. Attackers could execute arbitrary PHP code by manipulating the phpbb_root_path parameter in 123flashchat.php and phpbb_login_chat.php. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity due to network-based attacks with medium access complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite the potential impact, the CVE entry itself disputes the issue, and there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:123_flash_chat_module:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/3716
attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2008-March/001913.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/488914/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/488922/100/0/threaded