CVE-2008-2333

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ldap_test.cgi in Barracuda Spam Firewall (BSF) before 3.5.11.025 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the email parameter.

Published: 2008-05-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2333 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.53%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2333

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31828 exploit_db edb 2008-05-22 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2333

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 0.80% 4.53% +3.73%
2 2025-07-13 0.73% 0.80% +0.07%
3 2025-05-23 0.73%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2333

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-2008-2333

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2333

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall <= 3.5.11.020 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.1.10 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.1.16 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.1.17 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.1.18 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.3.0.54 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.3.0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.3.01.001 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.3.01.001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.3.03.053 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.3.03.053:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.3.03.055 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.3.03.055:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.3.15.026 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.3.15.026:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.4 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barracuda_networks barracuda_spam_firewall 3.4.10.102 cpe:2.3:h:barracuda_networks:barracuda_spam_firewall:3.4.10.102:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2333

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