{"id":"CVE-2008-6491","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-6491","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:39:33.457Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2009-03-19T10:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:02:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["denis moinel/phpgkit"],"epss":{"score":0.02279,"percentile":0.83004,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-03-31","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":31581,"kind":"exploit","title":"PHPGKit 0.9 - 'connexion.php' Remote File Inclusion","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31581","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/31581.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/31581.txt","published":"2008-03-31","added":"2008-03-31","updated":"2014-02-12","author":"ZoRLu","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2008-6491","OSVDB-52805"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28526/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28526","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28526/exploit","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41574","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28526","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28526/exploit","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41574","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6491","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}