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CVE-2008-6499

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2009-03-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 performs an extract operation on the SERVER superglobal array, which allows remote attackers to spoof critical variables, as demonstrated by setting the REMOTE_ADDR variable to 127.0.0.1.

Affected Platforms

Apachefriends Xampp

Weakness Type

CWE-94

References