CVE-2008-3073

Unspecified vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.x before 1.1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.13 has unknown impact and attack vectors, probably cross-site scripting (XSS), related to "use of the html-tag."

Published: 2008-07-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3073 is rated Moderate Risk (52.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.11%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3073

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 0.26% 1.11% +0.85%
2 2024-12-10 0.24% 0.26% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3073

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3073

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3073

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
simple_machines simple_machines_forum <= 1.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple_machines simple_machines_forum <= 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3073

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