CVE-2008-6498 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that change a certain .htaccess password via the xampppasswd parameter

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Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that change a certain .htaccess password via the xampppasswd parameter

Published Mar 20, 2009

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.05%

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that change a certain .htaccess password via the xampppasswd parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.05% 0.01049

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

EPSS probability 0.01049

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.05% (0.01049)	62.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.05% (0.01049)	59.64th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.14% (0.00145)	32.24th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.45% (0.00454)	76.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 29, 2024	0.54% (0.00544)	76.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 28, 2023	0.54% (0.00544)	74.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 17, 2023	0.44% (0.00439)	71.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 6, 2023	0.36% (0.00361)	68.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.26% (0.00263)	62.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-352

CSRF

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/32134
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47201
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7384
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32134		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47201		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7384		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 20, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 19, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6498

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6498

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6498