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CVE-2008-2480

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2480 describes a critical remote file inclusion vulnerability in plusPHP Short URL Multi-User Script version 1.6, specifically within the plus.php component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by manipulating the _pages_dir parameter. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-5672), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plusphp:plusphp_short_url_multi-user_script:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5672 · May 25, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0385 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/30373
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42623
exploit-db.com / exploits/5672
securityfocus.com / bid/29357
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1645/references