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CVE-2008-3840

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3840 describes a vulnerability in Crafty Syntax Live Help (CSLH) versions 2.14.6 and earlier, where passwords are stored in cleartext within the MySQL database. This flaw allows attackers to easily obtain sensitive information, posing a significant risk to user credentials. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, meaning any attacker with access to the database could exploit it. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.14.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:craftysyntax:crafty_syntax_live_help:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:craftysyntax:crafty_syntax_live_help:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:craftysyntax:crafty_syntax_live_help:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:craftysyntax:crafty_syntax_live_help:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:craftysyntax:crafty_syntax_live_help:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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 0.4 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/4192
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44745
gulftech.org
ExploitPatch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/495729/100/0/threaded