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CVE-2008-1416

47
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1416 describes multiple remote file inclusion (RFI) vulnerabilities in PHPauction GPL version 2.51, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code. Specifically, the vulnerability arises from insufficient validation of the 'include_path' parameter in converter.inc.php, messages.inc.php, and settings.inc.php. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, as it can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 92/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.51CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpauction:phpauction_gpl:2.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
34.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5266 · Mar 17, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3484 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

secunia.com / advisories/29422
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41239
exploit-db.com / exploits/5266
securityfocus.com / bid/28284
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0908/references