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CVE-2008-6844

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-07-02 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The registration view (/user/register) in eZ Publish 3.5.6 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 3.9.5, 3.10.1, and 4.0.1, allows remote attackers to gain privileges as other users via modified ContentObjectAttribute_data_user_login_30, ContentObjectAttribute_data_user_password_30, and other parameters.

Affected products

• Ez Publish: through 3.5.6; 3.4.8, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.7, 3.5.8, 3.6.0 (+17)

References

• http://ez.no/developer/security/security_advisories/ez_publish_4_0/ezsa_2008_003_insufficient_form_handling_made_privilege_escalation_possible
• http://www.osvdb.org/52708
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32762
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47216
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7406
• http://ez.no/developer/security/security_advisories/ez_publish_4_0/ezsa_2008_003_insufficient_form_handling_made_privilege_escalation_possible
• http://www.osvdb.org/52708
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32762
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47216
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7406

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