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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2008-6498

Modified

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-20 Mar, 2009 | 00:30

Updated At-23 Apr, 2026 | 00:35

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that change a certain .htaccess password via the xampppasswd parameter.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 6.8

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

Apache Friends

>>xampp>>1.6.8

cpe:2.3:a:apachefriends:xampp:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-352	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-352

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/32134	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47201	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7384	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/32134	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47201	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7384	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A