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CVE-2008-4796

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4796 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in the _httpsrequest function of Snoopy 1.2.3 and earlier, impacting various applications like Ampache, Mahara, and Pixelpost. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into HTTPS URLs. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:snoopy_project:snoopy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0898 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4Fixed in: nagios

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4796Important

snoopy: command execution via shell metacharacters

Oct 31, 2008

References

jvndb.jvn.jp / ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000074.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN20502807/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
secunia.com / advisories/32361
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46068
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
sourceforge.net / forum/forum.php
Broken LinkPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201702-26
Third Party Advisory
nagios.org / projects/nagios-core/history/4x
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1691
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1871
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/496068/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/31887
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2901
Third Party Advisory