CVE-2008-2500

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MOStlyContent Editor (MOStlyCE) component before 3.0 for Mambo allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-05-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2500 is rated Low Risk (36.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.84%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2500

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 0.22% 0.84% +0.62%
2 2025-03-30 0.27% 0.22% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 0.27%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2500

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-2008-2500

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2500

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mambo mostlyce <= 2 cpe:2.3:a:mambo:mostlyce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2500

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