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CVE-2008-4616

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected products

• The Spanner Spambam Plugin: all versions
• WordPress Spambam Plugin: all versions

References

• 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

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