Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-3573

Title: Php-Nuke

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-3573

CWE Category CWE-189

Published Date Aug 10, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.95%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-3573: The CAPTCHA implementation in (1) Pligg 9.9.5 and possibly (2) Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 8.1 provides a critical random number (the ts_random value) within the URL in the SRC attribute of an IMG element, which allows remote attackers to pass the CAPTCHA test via a calculation that combines this value with the current date and the HTTP User-Agent string.

Impacted Vendors

francisco_burzi 1

php-nuke 1

pligg 1

Reference Links

http://www.rooksecurity.com/blog/?p=17 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30518 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44192 http://www.rooksecurity.com/blog/?p=17 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30518 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44192

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-3573 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32142

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 10, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.