CVE-2008-6119
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedStatic code injection vulnerability in gooplecms/admin/account/action/editpass.php in Goople CMS 1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into admin/userandpass.php via the (1) username and (2) password parameters. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceStatic code injection vulnerability in Goople CMS 1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into admin/userandpass.php via the username and password parameters in editpass.php. The malicious code is permanently written to the target PHP file, creating a backdoor that executes on subsequent page loads.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.7CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Goople CMS installation and versionLocate the Goople CMS installation directory and check for version files, typically in the main CMS directory (index.php or configuration files). Identify the installed version by inspecting version strings or version files.Affected if The installed version is Goople CMS 1.7 exactly
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Verify vulnerable script editpass.php existsCheck for the presence of editpass.php in the web root or admin directory. This file handles the password editing functionality that accepts the vulnerable username and password parameters.Affected if editpass.php file exists in the expected location
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Check admin/userandpass.php for backdoor codeRead the contents of admin/userandpass.php and search for suspicious PHP code patterns such as base64_decode, eval(), shell_exec(), system(), or unexpected variable assignments that were not part of the original application.Affected if admin/userandpass.php contains injected PHP code (eval, base64_decode, shell functions, or code that does not match the original expected content)
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Assess network accessibility of vulnerable endpointsDetermine if the web application and specifically the editpass.php and admin/userandpass.php files are accessible over the network (HTTP/HTTPS). The vulnerability is remotely exploitable if these endpoints are publicly or internally accessible.Affected if The editpass.php script is accessible over the network without authentication or with standard admin authentication
A system is affected if Goople CMS version 1.7 is installed and the admin/userandpass.php file contains injected PHP backdoor code from successful exploitation of editpass.php.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation and sanitization for all user-supplied parameters before writing to files; use allowlist validation for expected input patterns and escape or forbid special characters ($, <?, >?, etc.) that could be interpreted as PHP code. Apply a vendor patch if available.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2008-6119 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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