CVE-2008-0618

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the DMSGuestbook 1.8.0 and 1.7.0 plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) gbname, (2) gbemail, (3) gburl, and (4) gbmsg parameters to unspecified programs. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2008-02-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0618 is rated Low Risk (36.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0618

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 2025-03-30 0.47% 0.36% -0.11%
2 2025-03-29 0.36% 0.47% +0.11%
3 2025-03-24 0.36%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0618

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-2008-0618

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0618

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dmsguestbook_project dmsguestbook 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:dmsguestbook_project:dmsguestbook:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
dmsguestbook_project dmsguestbook 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:dmsguestbook_project:dmsguestbook:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0618

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/28759 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence