Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4125

Title: Phpbb Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-4125.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Sep 18, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.63%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-4125: The search function in phpBB 2.x provides a search_id value that leaks the state of PHP's PRNG, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information, as demonstrated by a cross-application attack against WordPress, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0632.

Impacted Vendors

phpbb 1

phpbb_group 1

Reference Links

http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45415 http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45415

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:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-4125 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 18, 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:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.