CVE-2008-4089

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in print.php in myPHPNuke (MPN) before 1.8.8_8rc2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sid parameter.

Published: 2008-09-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4089 is rated Exploit Available (55.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.52%). 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-2008-4089

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6338 exploit_db edb 2008-08-31 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4089

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 3.13% 1.52% -1.61%
2 2025-12-12 1.82% 3.13% +1.31%
3 2025-11-05 1.82%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4089

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-2008-4089

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4089

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
myphpnuke myphpnuke <= 1.8.8_8 cpe:2.3:a:myphpnuke:myphpnuke:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
myphpnuke myphpnuke 1.8.8_7 cpe:2.3:a:myphpnuke:myphpnuke:1.8.8_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
myphpnuke myphpnuke 1.8.8_8 cpe:2.3:a:myphpnuke:myphpnuke:1.8.8_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4089

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