CVE-2008-7066 — OpenForum 0.66 Beta allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and reset passwords of other users via a direct request with the update parameter set to 1 and modified user and password parameters

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HIGH

OpenForum 0.66 Beta allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and reset passwords of other users via a direct request with the update parameter set to 1 and modified user and password parameters

Published Aug 25, 2009

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.50%

Description

OpenForum 0.66 Beta allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and reset passwords of other users via a direct request with the update parameter set to 1 and modified user and password parameters.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.50% 0.02501

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

EPSS probability 0.02501

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.50% (0.02501)	84.14th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.50% (0.02501)	82.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.77% (0.01767)	81.39th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.66% (0.01663)	88.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 4, 2024	1.66% (0.01663)	87.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 23, 2024	1.35% (0.01348)	85.74th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 12, 2024	1.11% (0.01110)	82.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.90% (0.00897)	80.22th	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-264

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32536
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46969
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7291
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32536		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46969		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7291		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 25, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 24, 2009

Link CVE-2008-7066

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-7066

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-7066