CVE-2008-7193
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 · uneditedPHPKIT 1.6.4 PL1 includes the session ID in the URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks by reading the PHPKITSID parameter from the HTTP Referer and using it in a request to (1) modify the user profile via upload_files/include.php or (2) create a new administrator via upload_files/pk/include.php.
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 · high confidencePHPKIT 1.6.4 PL1 stores session IDs (PHPKITSID) directly in URLs, exposing them in the HTTP Referer header. Remote attackers can extract these session IDs and craft CSRF attacks to either modify user profiles via upload_files/include.php or create new administrator accounts via upload_files/pk/include.php.
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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= 1.6.4pl1CVSS 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
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/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 PHPKIT versionLocate the version file or admin panel that displays the installed PHPKIT version. Common locations include a footer file, admin/about page, or version.php in the includes directory.Affected if The installed version is exactly PHPKIT 1.6.4 PL1.
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Check for URL-based session ID parameterExamine your application URLs for the presence of a PHPKITSID parameter in the query string. Visit several pages and check if URLs contain 'PHPKITSID=' followed by a session value.Affected if URLs contain PHPKITSID parameters, indicating URL-based session management is in use.
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Inspect vulnerable endpoint filesVerify the existence of the files upload_files/include.php and upload_files/pk/include.php in your web root. Attempt to access these files directly via HTTP request.Affected if These files exist and are accessible without authentication.
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Review HTTP referer logsExamine web server access logs for requests where the Referer header contains URLs with PHPKITSID values. Search logs for 'PHPKITSID' strings in referer logs.Affected if Session IDs appear in Referer headers of incoming requests, confirming the leakage vector.
You are affected if running PHPKIT 1.6.4 PL1 with URL-based session IDs (PHPKITSID) where vulnerable files are accessible and session IDs leak into HTTP Referer headers.
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 dataReplace URL-based session IDs with cookie-based session management and implement anti-CSRF tokens for state-changing operations to prevent session hijacking via referrer leakage.
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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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