CVE-2008-4120

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in FlatPress 0.804 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) user or (2) pass parameter to login.php, or the (3) name parameter to contact.php.

Published: 2008-09-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4120 is rated Exploit Available (54.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.76%). 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-2008-4120

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32421 exploit_db edb 2008-09-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4120

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 5.62% 1.76% -3.86%
2 2025-11-19 4.44% 5.62% +1.18%
3 2025-09-29 4.44%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4120

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-2008-4120

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4120

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flatpress flatpress 0.804 cpe:2.3:a:flatpress:flatpress:0.804:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4120

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