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CVE-2008-6499

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

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.

Affected products

• XAMPP: 1.6.8

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47202
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7384
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47202
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7384

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