CVE-2008-2168 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 54.9% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 encoded URLs that are not properly handled when displaying the 403 Forbidden error page.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 54.85% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-05-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | http server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 2 - UTF-7 HTTP Response Handling | 2008-05-08 |
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31651
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34219
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3889
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491862/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491901/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491930/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491967/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42303
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5143
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31651
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34219
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