CVE-2008-0473

Exp

RTE_popup_save_file.asp in Web Wiz Rich Text Editor 4.0 allows remote attackers to upload (1) .html and (2) .htm files via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-01-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0473 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.62%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-0473

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4971 exploit_db edb 2008-01-23 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0473

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 9.44% 2.62% -6.82%
2 2026-01-05 8.56% 9.44% +0.87%
3 2025-11-22 8.56%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0473

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0473

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0473

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
web_wiz rich_text_editor 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:web_wiz:rich_text_editor:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0473

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