Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the adminutil library in the Directory Server Administration Express and Directory Server Gateway (DSGW) web interface in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7 and 8 EL4 and EL5, and Fedora Directory Server, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via input values that use % (percent) escaping.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2929 is rated Moderate Risk (41.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.63%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2025-03-17 | 0.40% | 0.63% | +0.23% |
| 2 | 2024-10-11 | 0.32% | 0.40% | +0.08% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.32% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2929 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedora | directory_server | — | cpe:2.3:a:fedora:directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | directory_server | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | directory_server | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | directory_server | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | directory_server | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | directory_server | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | directory_server | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | directory_server | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:el4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | directory_server | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:el5:*:*:*:*:*:* |