CVE-2008-4616

THE Spanner Spambam Plugin - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

The SpamBam plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass restrictions and add blog comments by using server-supplied values to calculate a shared key.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Romero · perlwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31030

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory] http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4438

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27291

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486333/100/200/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39690

Scores

EPSS 0.0400

EPSS Percentile 88.5%

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (2)

the_spanner/spambam_plugin

wordpress/spambam_plugin

Published Oct 20, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026