CVE-2008-5308

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2008-12-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Simple Forum 3.1d module for LoveCMS 1.6.2 Final does not properly restrict access to administrator functions, which allows remote attackers to change the administrator password via a direct request to modules/simpleforum/admin/index.php.

Affected products

Lovecms The Simple Forum: 3.1d

References

http://osvdb.org/50067
http://secunia.com/advisories/32758
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4676
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32435
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3243
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46793
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7191
http://osvdb.org/50067
http://secunia.com/advisories/32758
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4676
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32435
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3243

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