CVE-2008-2398

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in AppServ Open Project 2.5.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the appservlang parameter.

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-2008-2398 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.23%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.39% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2398

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31808 exploit_db edb 2008-05-20 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2398

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 0.84% 6.23% +5.39%
2 2026-04-30 0.44% 0.84% +0.40%
3 2025-11-02 — 0.44% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2398

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-2008-2398

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2398

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
appserv_open_project appserv <= 2.5.10 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.4.4a cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.4.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.5.4a cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.5.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
appserv_open_project appserv 2.5.9 cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:2.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2398

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