CVE-2008-5918 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.5% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the getParameterisedSelfUrl function in index.php in WebSVN 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 4.46% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-01-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| tigris | websvn |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WebSVN 2.0 - Cross-Site Scripting / File Handling / Code Execution | 2008-10-23 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32338
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34191
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4928
- http://websvn.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=179
- http://websvn.tigris.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=2218
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-20.xml
- http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00132-10202008
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31891
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46048
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32338
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34191
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4928
- http://websvn.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=179
- http://websvn.tigris.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=2218
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-20.xml
- http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00132-10202008
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31891
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46048
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6822
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