Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in staticpages/easypublish/index.php in EasyNews 4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the read parameter in an edp_pupublish action.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1649 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.70%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5333 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-04-01 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-03-10 | 7.89% | 8.70% | +0.81% |
| 2 | 2025-11-28 | 6.70% | 7.89% | +1.20% |
| 3 | 2025-05-23 | — | 6.70% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
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