01 Record
CVE-2008-5090
Electron Inc. Advanced Electron Forum before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via PHP code embedded in bbcode in the email parameter, which is processed by the preg_replace
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Electron Inc. Advanced Electron Forum before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via PHP code embedded in bbcode in the email parameter, which is processed by the preg_replace
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-11-14 19:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 64440aaa8a1df31f87fe7bacf9e0f2eb86cb0d849797c90e1ce02029eb2186d7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.anelectron.comhttp://www.anelectron.com/board/index.php?tid=3282
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaef-pregreplace-code-execution(45270)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45270
- www.securityfocus.com20080920 Advanced Electron Forum <= 1.0.6 Remote Code Executionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496552/100/0/threaded
- www.gulftech.orghttp://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00131-09202008
- securityreason.com4598http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4598
- secunia.com31978http://secunia.com/advisories/31978
- www.exploit-db.com6499https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6499
- www.securityfocus.com31268http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31268