CVE-2008-1987

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in EncapsGallery 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter.

Published: 2008-04-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1987 is rated Moderate Risk (40.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1987

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 2024-12-17 0.22% 0.27% +0.05%
2 2023-03-07 1.21% 0.22% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 1.21%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1987

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-2008-1987

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1987

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
encaps encapsgallery 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:encaps:encapsgallery:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1987

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