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CVE-2008-6861

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6861 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Xigla Software Absolute Newsletter versions 6.0 and 6.1, allowing remote attackers to gain administrative access by manipulating a cookie value. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xigla:absolute_newsletter:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xigla:absolute_newsletter:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-6904 · Oct 31, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0251 is in the 70th 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/32472
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46304
exploit-db.com / exploits/6904
securityfocus.com / bid/32029
Exploit