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CVE-2009-0919: XAMPP installs multiple packages with insecure default passwords, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via (1) the "l

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 33/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 10.9% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 95.8% of all records.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

XAMPP installs multiple packages with insecure default passwords, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via (1) the "lampp" default password for the "nobody" account within the included ProFTPD installation, (2) a blank default password for the "root" account within the included MySQL installation, (3) a blank default password for the "pma" account within the phpMyAdmin installation, and possibly other unspecified passwords. NOTE: this was originally reported as a problem in DFLabs PTK, but this issue affects any product that is installed within the XAMPP environment, and should not be viewed as a vulnerability within that product. NOTE: DFLabs states that PTK is intended for use in a laboratory with "no contact from / to internet."

HighCVSS 7.5 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Mar 16, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
10.9% · 95th percentile

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Action score

33

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
3 / 30 · 10.9%

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VendorProduct
apachefriendsxampp

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • apachefriends xampp0.1
  • apachefriends xampp0.2
  • apachefriends xampp0.3
  • apachefriends xampp0.4
  • apachefriends xampp0.5
  • apachefriends xampp0.6
  • apachefriends xampp0.6.1
  • apachefriends xampp0.6.2
  • apachefriends xampp0.6.3
  • apachefriends xampp0.6a
  • apachefriends xampp0.7
  • apachefriends xampp0.7.0
  • apachefriends xampp0.7.1
  • apachefriends xampp0.7.2
  • apachefriends xampp0.7.3
  • apachefriends xampp0.7.4
  • apachefriends xampp0.8.1
  • apachefriends xampp0.8.2
  • apachefriends xampp0.9
  • apachefriends xampp1.0

Same product

apachefriends: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    42Plan
  • CVE-2019-8923XAMPP through 5.6.8 and previous allows SQL injection via the cds-fpdf.php jahr parameter.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2024-0338Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in XAMPP
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2006-4994Sep 25, 2006 · Multiple unquoted Windows search path vulnerabilities in Apache Friends XAMPP 1.5.2 might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicio
    18Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2008-6498Mar 19, 2009 · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentic
    27Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2008-6499Mar 19, 2009 · security/xamppsecurity.php in XAMPP 1.6.8 performs an extract operation on the SERVER superglobal array, which allows remote attackers to sp
    22Monitor

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days+2% in 7 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-255 · Credentials Management Errors

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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