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🛡️ CVE-2008-1475 — roundup

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-284 OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Roundup xml-rpc server improper check of property permissions

The xml-rpc server in Roundup 1.4.4 does not check property permissions, which allows attackers to bypass restrictions and edit or read restricted properties via the (1) list, (2) display, and (3) set methods.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2008-1475 is classified as CWE-284: Improper Access Control. The software does not restrict an action to the actors that should be allowed to perform it.

Affected software

CVE-2008-1475 is recorded against 1 package.

  • roundup (fixed in 1.4.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 1 May 2022 and last revised on 9 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
security.gentoo.org (Web)
sourceforge.net (Web)
www.redhat.com (Web)
www.redhat.com (Web)
www.redhat.com (Web)
www.redhat.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

roundup has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-284: Improper Access Control) in other software:

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-284
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-01
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-04-09
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
roundup — 1.4.5

References

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