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CVE-2008-5184

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5184 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface of CUPS versions prior to 1.3.8, specifically affecting Apple CUPS. The flaw allows remote attackers to bypass policy by leveraging the default "guest" username for unauthenticated users, enabling CSRF attacks through the add and cancel RSS subscription functions. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0367 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5184Moderate

cups: improper use of the 'guest' username in the web UI, when user not logged on to the server

Mar 27, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
cups.org / str.php
gnucitizen.org / blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups
Exploit
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3