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)

Published 2008-10-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.073 (94.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.073 · newest: 0.073 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/4438 (third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27291 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486333/100/200/threaded (mailing-list)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39690 (vdb-entry)

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.