What is CVE-2008-4905?

CVE-2008-4905 is a high-severity vulnerability in Typosphere Typo, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2008-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2008-4905?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Typosphere Typo

CVE-2008-4905

Typo 5.1.3 and earlier uses a hard-coded salt for calculating password hashes, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords via a brute force attack.

Published 2008-11-04 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Typosphere Typo

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-330 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497970 (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
secunia.com/advisories/32272 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
securityreason.com/securityalert/4550 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-4905?: CVE-2008-4905 is a high-severity vulnerability in Typosphere Typo, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2008-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2008-4905?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.