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CVE-2008-5708

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-12-24 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

redirect.php in SlimCMS 1.0.0 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to create administrative users by using the newusername and newpassword parameters and setting the newisadmin parameter to 1.

Affected products

• Slimcms: 1.0.0

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4804
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31736
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45824
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6729
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4804
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31736
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45824
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6729

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