CVE-2008-5203 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.4% (pctl 73)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in external_vote.php in PowerAward 1.1.0 RC1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the l_vote_done parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.45% — more likely to be exploited than 73% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-11-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| poweraward | poweraward |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | poweraward 1.1.0 rc1 - Local File Inclusion / Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-06-28 |
References
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