CVE-2008-6498

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-352

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 20, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-6498: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix