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CVE-2008-6844

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6844 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in eZ Publish versions 3.5.6 and earlier, and potentially other versions before 3.9.5, 3.10.1, and 4.0.1. Remote attackers can exploit this by manipulating parameters during user registration to gain privileges as other users. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7406 · Dec 10, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0297 is in the 75th 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

ez.no / developer/security/security_advisories/ez_publish_4_0/ezsa_2008_003_insufficient_form_handling_made_privilege_escalation_possible
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47216
exploit-db.com / exploits/7406
osvdb.org / 52708
securityfocus.com / bid/32762
Exploit