CVE-2008-6499: apachefriends xampp Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-6499 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Code Injection vulnerability in apachefriends xampp. EPSS estimates a 1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 20-03-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 performs an extract operation on the SERVER superglobal array, which allows remote attackers to spoof critical variables, as demonstrated by setting the REMOTE_ADDR variable to 127.0.0.1.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.