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CVE-2008-6553

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

microcms-admin-home.php in Implied by Design Micro CMS (Micro-CMS) 3.5 (aka 0.3.5) does not require authentication as an administrator, which allows remote attackers to (1) create administrative accounts via an add_admin action, (2) remove administrative accounts via a delete_admin action, and (3) modify administrative passwords via a change_password action.

Affected products

• Impliedbydesign Micro-Cms: through 0.3.5

References

• http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32063.pl
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32063
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46294
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6933
• http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/32063.pl
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32063
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46294
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6933

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