CVE-2008-5308

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-5308 · Published 02/12/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5308 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting the simple forum (lovecms).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.3%, higher than 94.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
the simple forum lovecms	`= 3.1d`	No fix yet

Description

The Simple Forum 3.1d module for LoveCMS 1.6.2 Final does not properly restrict access to administrator functions, which allows remote attackers to change the administrator password via a direct request to modules/simpleforum/admin/index.php.

References

osvdb.org/50067
secunia.com/advisories/32758 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/4676
securityfocus.com/bid/32435 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3243
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46793
exploit-db.com/exploits/7191

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