What is CVE-2008-4616?

CVE-2008-4616 is a vulnerability in The Spanner Spambam Plugin, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2008-10-20.

Is CVE-2008-4616 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in The Spanner Spambam Plugin

CVE-2008-4616

The SpamBam plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass restrictions and add blog comments by using server-supplied values to calculate a shared key.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.073 (93.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-4616?: CVE-2008-4616 is a vulnerability in The Spanner Spambam Plugin, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2008-10-20.
Is CVE-2008-4616 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.