CVE-2008-5669 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Textpattern (Txp CMS) version 4.0.5, specifically within the comments preview section of index.php. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by submitting an excessively long 'message' parameter, leading to resource exhaustion. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:textpattern:textpattern:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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