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CVE-2008-2140

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2140 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability within the rootpw plugin of rPath Appliance Platform Agent versions 2 and 3. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to reset the root password by tricking an administrator into clicking a specially crafted URL. With a CVSS score of 2.6, this vulnerability is considered low severity due to its high attack complexity and limited impact, primarily affecting integrity (password reset) without compromising confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpath:appliance_platform_agent:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpath:appliance_platform_agent:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 1,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42393
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0148