CVE-2008-2783

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Horde Groupware, Groupware Webmail Edition, and Kronolith allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the timestamp parameter to (1) week.php, (2) workweek.php, and (3) day.php; and (4) the horde parameter in the PATH_INFO to the default URI. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2008-06-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2783 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2783

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31838 exploit_db edb 2008-05-24 Exploit-DB ↗
31839 exploit_db edb 2008-05-24 Exploit-DB ↗
31840 exploit_db edb 2008-05-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2783

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 2025-12-04 0.27% 0.25% -0.03%
2 2025-08-09 0.16% 0.27% +0.11%
3 2025-06-19 0.16%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2783

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-2008-2783

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2783

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-2783 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (horde3, kronolith2), 16 status rows across 8 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 10, not-affected 4, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2783

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2783

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
horde groupware cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware_webmail_edition cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware_webmail_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde kronolith cpe:2.3:a:horde:kronolith:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2783

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