CVE-2008-2852

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CGIWrap before 4.1, when an Internet Explorer based browser is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to failure to set the charset in error messages.

Published: 2008-06-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2852 is rated Moderate Risk (40.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.25%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2852

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 0.47% 1.25% +0.78%
2 2025-03-30 0.40% 0.47% +0.08%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.40% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2852

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-2008-2852

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2852

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-2852 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cgiwrap), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2852

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2852

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nathan_neulinger cgiwrap 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_neulinger:cgiwrap:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_neulinger cgiwrap 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_neulinger:cgiwrap:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_neulinger cgiwrap 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_neulinger:cgiwrap:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_neulinger cgiwrap 3.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_neulinger:cgiwrap:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_neulinger cgiwrap 3.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_neulinger:cgiwrap:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_neulinger cgiwrap 3.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_neulinger:cgiwrap:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_neulinger cgiwrap 3.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_neulinger:cgiwrap:3.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_neulinger cgiwrap 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_neulinger:cgiwrap:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_neulinger cgiwrap 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_neulinger:cgiwrap:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2852

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