Vulnerability in Textpattern

CVE-2008-5670

Textpattern (aka Txp CMS) 4.0.5 does not ask for the old password during a password reset, which makes it easier for remote attackers to change a password after hijacking a session.

Published 2008-12-19 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Textpattern — versions 4.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

References

secunia.com/advisories/28793 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27606 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487483/100/200/threaded (mailing-list)
securityreason.com/securityalert/4786 (third-party-advisory)