CVE-2008-2566

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHP Address Book 3.1.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the group parameter to (1) index.php or (2) the default URI.

Published: 2008-06-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2566 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.53%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.92% 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-2008-2566

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18578 exploit_db edb 2012-03-10 Exploit-DB ↗
5739 exploit_db edb 2008-06-04 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2566

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 2025-12-05 1.61% 4.53% +2.92%
2 2025-07-27 1.21% 1.61% +0.40%
3 2025-06-06 1.21%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2566

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-2008-2566

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2566

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php-address_book php-address_book <= 3.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:php-address_book:php-address_book:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2566

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