CVE-2008-2861

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in eLineStudio Site Composer (ESC) 2.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) topic and (2) button parameters to ansFAQ.asp and the (3) id and (4) txtEmail parameters to login.asp.

Published: 2008-06-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2861 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.40%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 2 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-2008-2861

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5859 exploit_db edb 2008-06-19 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2861

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 2026-06-02 6.70% 7.40% +0.70%
2 2025-12-07 5.48% 6.70% +1.22%
3 2025-08-15 5.48%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2861

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-2008-2861

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2861

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elinestudio site_composer <= 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:elinestudio:site_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elinestudio site_composer 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:elinestudio:site_composer:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2861

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