CVE-2008-2397

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search-results.dot in dotCMS 1.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search_query parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2008-05-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2397 is rated Low Risk (38.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.02%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2397

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 0.30% 1.02% +0.73%
2 2025-03-30 0.35% 0.30% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.35% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2397

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-2008-2397

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2397

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dotcms dotcms 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.6.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dotcms dotcms 1.6.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:1.6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2397

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