CVE-2008-0497 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2% (pctl 80)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in action.php in Nucleus CMS 3.31 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO, which is not quoted when processing PHP_SELF.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.96% — more likely to be exploited than 80% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-01-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nucleus cms | nucleus cms |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Nucleus CMS 3.22 - 'action.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-01-20 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28680
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3593
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=66479&release_id=572117
- http://www.nucleuscms.org/item/3047
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487252/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487255/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27492
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28680
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3593
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=66479&release_id=572117
- http://www.nucleuscms.org/item/3047
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487252/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487255/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27492
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0369
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