CVE-2008-4649

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

Session fixation vulnerability in Elxis CMS 2008.1 revision 2204 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by setting the PHPSESSID parameter.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.45%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 84
Score date: 10/5/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Elxis — Elxis CMS

CWEs

CWE-287

References

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