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CVE-2008-7214

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrator/index2.php in MOStlyCE before 2.4, as used in Mambo 4.6.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add new administrator accounts via the save task in a com_users action, as demonstrated using a separate XSS vulnerability in mambots/editors/mostlyce/jscripts/tiny_mce/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2008-7214 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from mambo-foundation, from brilaps organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2009, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2009-09-11T16:30:00.500

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mambo-foundation	mambo	≤ 4.6.3	Yes
Application	mambo-foundation	mambo	4.6.2	Yes
Application	brilaps	mostlyce	≤ 2.0	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-02/0444.html ([email protected])
http://forum.mambo-foundation.org/showthread.php?t=10158 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/42531 Exploit ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28670 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.bugreport.ir/index_33.htm Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487128/100/200/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0325 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39985 ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-02/0444.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://forum.mambo-foundation.org/showthread.php?t=10158 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/42531 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28670 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.bugreport.ir/index_33.htm Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487128/100/200/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0325 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39985 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mambo-foundation's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.