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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2008-7188 json

ClipShare 2.6 does not properly restrict access to certain functionality, which allows remote attackers to change the profile of arbitrary…

published 2009-09-09 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-7147

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

ClipShare 2.6 does not properly restrict access to certain functionality, which allows remote attackers to change the profile of arbitrary users via a modified uid variable to siteadmin/useredit.php. NOTE: this can be used to recover the password of the user by using the modified e-mail address in the email parameter to recoverpass.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-4837)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-4837 ClipShare 2.6 - Remote User Password Change webapps, 2008-01-05
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27148 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.