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security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 performs an extract operation on the SERVER superglobal array, which allows remote attackers to spoof critical variables, as demonstrated by setting the REMOTE_ADDR variable to 127.0.0.1

Published Mar 20, 2009

Description

security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 performs an extract operation on the SERVER superglobal array, which allows remote attackers to spoof critical variables, as demonstrated by setting the REMOTE_ADDR variable to 127.0.0.1.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (2)

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-2008-6499
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2008-6499
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2008-6499