Is CVE-2008-4096 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-4096 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-4096?

CVE-2008-4096 has a CVSS v2 base score of 8.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-4096?

CVE-2008-4096 has an EPSS score of 11.18% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-4096

HIGHEPSS 95th pctl

8.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

libraries/database_interface.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a request to server_databases.php with a sort_by parameter containing PHP sequences, which are processed by create_function.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

11.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

http://fd.the-wildcat.de/pma_e36a091q11.php
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/48196
http://secunia.com/advisories/31884
http://secunia.com/advisories/31918
http://secunia.com/advisories/32034
http://secunia.com/advisories/33822
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-32.xml
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20080916-1/
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1641
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:202
http://www.nabble.com/phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.1-is-released-td19497113.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/15/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/2
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31188
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2585
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2619
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462430
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45157
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01137.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01155.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01228.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01290.html

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.