CVE-2008-0440 — AlstraSoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 2.0 stores passwords in cleartext, which makes it easier for attackers to access user accounts

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MEDIUM

AlstraSoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 2.0 stores passwords in cleartext, which makes it easier for attackers to access user accounts

Published Jan 23, 2008

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.06%

Description

AlstraSoft Forum Pay Per Post Exchange 2.0 stores passwords in cleartext, which makes it easier for attackers to access user accounts.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.06% 0.02059

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02059

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.06% (0.02059)	80.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.06% (0.02059)	78.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.91% (0.00907)	74.15th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.22% (0.00217)	60.74th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.22% (0.00217)	59.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.22% (0.00217)	57.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (1)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4956
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4956		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 23, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 23, 2008

Link CVE-2008-0440

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-0440

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-0440