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CVE-2008-6799

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-05-07 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

connection.php in FlashChat 5.0.8 allows remote attackers to bypass the role filter mechanism and gain administrative privileges by setting the s parameter to "7."

Affected products

• TUFaT FlashChat: 5.0.8

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122425865430237&w=2
• http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0810-exploits/flashchat-bypass.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32350
• http://www.osvdb.org/49337
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31800
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45974
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122425865430237&w=2
• http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0810-exploits/flashchat-bypass.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32350
• http://www.osvdb.org/49337
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31800
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45974

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