CVE-2008-3100

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/owl.lib.php in Steve Bourgeois and Chris Vincent Owl Intranet Knowledgebase 0.95 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter in a getpasswd action to register.php.

Published: 2008-07-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3100 is rated Exploit Available (55.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.28%). Core evidence: 3 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-2008-3100

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32122 exploit_db edb 2008-07-28 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3100

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 9.25% 2.28% -6.97%
2 2026-01-20 8.11% 9.25% +1.14%
3 2025-09-18 8.11%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3100

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-2008-3100

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3100

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-3100 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (owl-dms), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): DNE 7, ignored 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3100

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3100

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
owl intranet_knowledgebase <= 0.95 cpe:2.3:a:owl:intranet_knowledgebase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owl intranet_knowledgebase 0.94 cpe:2.3:a:owl:intranet_knowledgebase:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3100

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