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CVE-2008-2198

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2198 describes a remote file inclusion vulnerability in Kmita Tellfriend 2.0 and earlier, specifically within the kmitaadmin/kmitat/htmlcode.php component, when the register_globals PHP setting is enabled. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting a malicious URL into the 'file' parameter. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity) due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kmita_tellfriend:tellfriend:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5544 · May 5, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0235 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

advisories.echo.or.id / adv/adv93-K-159-2008.txt
securityreason.com / securityalert/3877
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42186
exploit-db.com / exploits/5544
securityfocus.com / archive/1/491616/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/29042
Exploit