CVE-2008-5221 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The account_save action in admin/userinfo.php in wPortfolio 0.3 and earlier does not require authentication and does not require knowledge of the original password, which allows remote attackers to change the admin account password via modified password and password_retype parameters.

Published: 2008-11-25

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 4.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wportfolio:wportfolio::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wportfolio:wportfolio:0.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5198	The account_save action in admin/userinfo.php in wPortfolio 0.3 and earlier does not require authentication and does not require knowledge of the original password, which allows remote attackers to change the admin account password via modified password and password_retype parameters.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04887.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4631
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32384
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3219
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46772
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7170

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Wportfolio Wportfolio

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-25T18:09:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:11.835Z

Reserved: 2008-11-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5221

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-25T18:30:00.500

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5221

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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