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FKIE_CVE-2008-3298

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-07-25 13:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:55

Severity

Summary

SocialEngine (SE) before 2.83 grants certain write privileges for templates, which allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/31203	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4035
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494638/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org	http://www.socialengine.net/news.php	Patch
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43959
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/31203	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4035
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494638/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.socialengine.net/news.php	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43959

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
social_engine	social_engine	*
social_engine	social_engine	1.0
social_engine	social_engine	1.1
social_engine	social_engine	1.4
social_engine	social_engine	1.6
social_engine	social_engine	1.7
social_engine	social_engine	1.8
social_engine	social_engine	2.0
social_engine	social_engine	2.0
social_engine	social_engine	2.1
social_engine	social_engine	2.4
social_engine	social_engine	2.5
social_engine	social_engine	2.7

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CVE-2008-3298 (GCVE-0-2008-3298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-25 13:18 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:37

Summary

SocialEngine (SE) before 2.83 grants certain write privileges for templates, which allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494638/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.socialengine.net/news.php	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4035	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://secunia.com/advisories/31203	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Date Public

2008-07-22 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2008-3298

CVE-2008-3298 (GCVE-0-2008-3298)

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