Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-4616

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.

Affected products

The Spanner/Spambam Plugin
cpe:2.3:a:the_spanner:spambam_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
WordPress/Spambam Plugin
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:spambam_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/4438nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486333/100/200/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27291nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39690nvd

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