CVE-2008-5184

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

The web interface (cgi-bin/admin.c) in CUPS before 1.3.8 uses the guest username when a user is not logged on to the web server, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended policy and conduct CSRF attacks via the (1) add and (2) cancel RSS subscription functions.

Affected products

cups: through 1.3.7; 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5 (+69)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2774
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2774
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3

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