CVE-2008-3679

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.php in IDevSpot PhpLinkExchange 1.01 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the catid parameter in a (1) user_add, (2) recip, (3) tellafriend, or (4) contact action, or (5) in a request without an action; or (6) the id parameter in a tellafriend action. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2008-08-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3679 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.32%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-3679

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10495 exploit_db edb 2009-12-16 Exploit-DB ↗
32230 exploit_db edb 2008-08-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3679

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 2026-06-10 1.16% 1.32% +0.16%
2 2025-12-10 1.29% 1.16% -0.13%
3 2025-10-04 — 1.29% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3679

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-2008-3679

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3679

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
idevspot phplinkexchange 1.01 cpe:2.3:a:idevspot:phplinkexchange:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3679

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