CVE-2008-0560 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in cforms-css.php in Oliver Seidel cforms (contactforms), a Wordpress plugin, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the tm parameter. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue for 7.3, since there is no tm parameter, and the code exits with a fatal error due to a call to an undefined function

Published: 2008-02-04

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:contact_forms:cforms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01956.

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References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3605
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-January/001895.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487347/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40143

History

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Subscriptions

Contact Forms Cforms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-04T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:46:55.119Z

Reserved: 2008-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0560

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-04T23:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:49:52.667

Link: CVE-2008-0560

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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