# CVE-2008-2488: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can create admin accounts due to missing authorization checks in the user form.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 May 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cfq4-w95w-mjqq

## What is CVE-2008-2488?

CVE-2008-2488 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 May 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

admin/userform.php in RoomPHPlanning 1.5 does not require administrative credentials, which allows remote authenticated users to create new admin accounts.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2488?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Beaussier Roomphplanning.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-2488?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2488 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-2488 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2488 exists.

Public exploit code:

- RoomPHPlanning 1.5 - Arbitrary Add Admin (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2009-4669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4669/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2009-4670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4670/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2009-4671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4671/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-6633](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6633/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-6634](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6634/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-2488 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-2488 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 May 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2488 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2488/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2488
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2488
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2488

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