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CVE-2008-6491

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—Exploit
Severity7.5High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability2.28 %higher than 83% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in connexion.php in PHPGKit 0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the DOCUMENT_ROOT parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

CVSS

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

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
2.28 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
83
Score date
10/23/2026

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).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Affected technologies (1)

Denis Moinel — Phpgkit

CWEs

References

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