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TI-2008-04935 Aliases CVE-2008-5184GHSA-xmmc-fgrf-gp3v

The web interface (cgi-bin/admin.c) in CUPS before 1.3.8 uses the guest username when a…

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-255Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The web interface (cgi-bin/admin.c) in CUPS before 1.3.8 uses the guest username when a user is not logged on to the web server, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended policy and conduct CSRF attacks via the (1) add and (2) cancel RSS subscription functions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03669 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 76

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.3.7VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.4VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.5VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.5-1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.5-2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.6VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.3.7 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.4 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.5 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.5-1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.5-2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.6 Vulnerable ·Apple
Show 66 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.6-1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.6-2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.6-3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.7VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.8VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.9VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.9-1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.10VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.10-1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.11VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.12VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.13VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.14VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.15VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.16VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.17VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.18VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.19VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.19 rc1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.19 rc2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.19 rc3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.19 rc4VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.19 rc5VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.20VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.20 rc1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.20 rc2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.20 rc3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.20 rc4VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.20 rc5VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.20 rc6VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.21VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.21 rc1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.21 rc2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.22VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.22 rc1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.22 rc2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.23VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.23:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.23 rc1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2 b1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2 b2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2 rc1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2 rc2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2 rc3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.4VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.5VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.6VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.7VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.8VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.10VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.11VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.12VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3 b1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3 rc1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3 rc2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.4VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.5VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.6VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.6-1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.6-2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.6-3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.7 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.8 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.9 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.9-1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.10 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.10-1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.11 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.12 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.13 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.14 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.15 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.16 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.17 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.18 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.19 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.19 rc1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.19 rc2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.19 rc3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.19 rc4 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.19 rc5 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.20 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.20 rc1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.20 rc2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.20 rc3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.20 rc4 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.20 rc5 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.20 rc6 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.21 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.21 rc1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.21 rc2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.22 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.22 rc1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.22 rc2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.23 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.23:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.23 rc1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 b1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:b2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 b2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 rc1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 rc2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 rc3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.4 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.5 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.6 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.7 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.8 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.10 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.11 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.12 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3 b1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3 rc1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3 rc2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.4 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.5 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.6 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5184
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xmmc-fgrf-gp3v

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2008-03486 The Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HPGL) filter in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2008-00044 Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-02026 CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2010-02814 ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for attribute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2009-00903 The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2012-05058 Incorrect authorization in cups CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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