Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4616

Title: Wordpress Spambam Plugin Improper Input Validation

Improper Input Validation

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-4616

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Oct 20, 2008

Modified Date Apr 09, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.00%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-4616: The SpamBam plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass restrictions and add blog comments by using server-supplied values to calculate a shared key.

Impacted Vendors

wordpress 1

the_spanner 1

Reference Links

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4438 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486333/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27291 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39690 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4438 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486333/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27291 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39690

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-2008-4616 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31030

View Code

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 20, 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.