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CVE-2008-5090

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5090 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Electron Inc. Advanced Electron Forum versions prior to 1.0.7. Attackers can inject arbitrary PHP code into the email parameter via specially crafted BBCode, which is then executed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch. This flaw carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with no authentication required and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:anelectron:advanced_electron_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:anelectron:advanced_electron_forum:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:anelectron:advanced_electron_forum:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:anelectron:advanced_electron_forum:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:anelectron:advanced_electron_forum:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-6499 · Sep 20, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0464 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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/31978
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/4598
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45270
exploit-db.com / exploits/6499
anelectron.com / board/index.php
Vendor Advisory
gulftech.org
securityfocus.com / archive/1/496552/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/31268
Exploit