CVE-2008-0239

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Identity Manager 6.0 SP1 through SP3, 7.0, and 7.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via the (1) cntry or lang parameters to /idm/login.jsp, (2) resultsForm parameter to /idm/account/findForSelect.jsp, or (3) activeControl parameter to /idm/user/main.jsp.

Published: 2008-01-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0239 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.55%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 7 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0239

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31007 exploit_db edb 2008-01-09 Exploit-DB ↗
31004 exploit_db edb 2008-01-09 Exploit-DB ↗
31005 exploit_db edb 2008-01-09 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0239

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 2026-01-26 6.36% 9.55% +3.19%
2 2025-05-16 5.81% 6.36% +0.55%
3 2025-03-30 5.81%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0239

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0239

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0239

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun java_system_identity_manager 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:6.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0239

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/28356 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3535
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103180-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200558-1
http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR07-06.php Exploit Patch
http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR07-07.php Exploit Patch
http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR07-08.php Exploit Patch
http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR07-09.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486076/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27214 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019175
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0089
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39580
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39581
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39582
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39583
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