{
    "id": "CVE-2008-5185",
    "published": "2008-11-21 02:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:59:25",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "description": "The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an XML sequence containing an opening delimiter without a closing delimiter, as demonstrated using \"<\".",
    "epss_score": "0.03887",
    "epss_percentile": "0.89925",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-04 18:17:07",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "geshi",
            "product": "geshi"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "32596",
            "title": "GeSHi 1.0.x - XML Parsing Remote Denial of Service",
            "date": "2008-11-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32596"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://geshi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geshi/trunk/geshi-1.0.X/src/geshi.php?r1=1321&r2=1322&view=patch",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32377",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46769",
        "http://geshi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geshi/trunk/geshi-1.0.X/src/geshi.php?r1=1321&r2=1322&view=patch",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32377",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46769"
    ]
}