CVE-2008-3574

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Pluck 4.5.2, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) lang_footer parameter to (a) data/inc/footer.php; the (2) pluck_version, (3) lang_install22, (4) titelkop, (5) lang_kop1, (6) lang_kop2, (7) lang_modules, (8) lang_kop4, (9) lang_kop15, (10) lang_kop5, and (11) titelkop parameters to (b) data/inc/header.php; the pluck_version and titelkop parameters to (c) data/inc/header2.php; and the (14) lang_theme6 parameter to (d) data/inc/themeinstall.php.

Published: 2008-08-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-3574 is rated Exploit Available (55.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.17%). Core evidence: 1 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-2008-3574

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32168 exploit_db edb 2008-08-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3574

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 2025-09-30 1.48% 2.17% +0.69%
2 2025-08-10 1.37% 1.48% +0.11%
3 2025-03-30 1.37%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3574

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3574

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3574

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pluck pluck 4.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:pluck:pluck:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3574

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