CVE-2008-1972

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the user account creation feature in Exponent CMS 0.96.6-GA20071003 and earlier, when the Allow Registration? configuration option is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) username, (2) firstname, (3) lastname, and (4) e-mail address fields. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-04-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1972 is rated Low Risk (35.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1972

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 0.39% 0.33% -0.06%
2 2025-03-29 0.33% 0.39% +0.06%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1972

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-2008-1972

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-1972

Solution: Patch Link: http://www.exponentcms.org/index.php?action=view&id=64&module=newsmodule&src=%40random44fe03276195

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1972

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oicgroup exponent_cms <= 0.96.6-ga20071003 cpe:2.3:a:oicgroup:exponent_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oicgroup exponent_cms 0.94 cpe:2.3:a:oicgroup:exponent_cms:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oicgroup exponent_cms 0.95 cpe:2.3:a:oicgroup:exponent_cms:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oicgroup exponent_cms 0.96.1 cpe:2.3:a:oicgroup:exponent_cms:0.96.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oicgroup exponent_cms 0.96.3 cpe:2.3:a:oicgroup:exponent_cms:0.96.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oicgroup exponent_cms 0.96.4 cpe:2.3:a:oicgroup:exponent_cms:0.96.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oicgroup exponent_cms 0.96.5 cpe:2.3:a:oicgroup:exponent_cms:0.96.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oicgroup exponent_cms 0.96.6 cpe:2.3:a:oicgroup:exponent_cms:0.96.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oicgroup exponent_cms 0.96.6 cpe:2.3:a:oicgroup:exponent_cms:0.96.6:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1972

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