CVE-2004-0248

Exp

Cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) in PHPX 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users by injecting arbitrary HTML or script into (1) keywords argument of main.inc.php, (2) body argument of help.inc.php, or (3) the subject field in Personal Messages and Forum.

Published: 2004-11-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0248 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.49%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-0248

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0248

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.26% 1.49% +0.23%
2 2025-03-30 0.96% 1.26% +0.30%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.96% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0248

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0248

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2004-0248

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: PHPX, PHPX, 3.2.4

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0248

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpx phpx 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpx:phpx:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0248

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