CVE-2008-5184: Apple Cups

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 3.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The web interface (cgi-bin/admin.c) in CUPS before 1.3.8 uses the guest username when a user is not logged on to the web server, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended policy and conduct CSRF attacks via the (1) add and (2) cancel RSS subscription functions.

Affected products

• Apple Cups: up to and including 1.3.7; version 1.1 only; version 1.1.1 only; version 1.1.2 only; version 1.1.3 only; version 1.1.4 only; …

Published 2008-11-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.