CVE-2008-4184

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in webCMS Portal Edition allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the patron parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4184 is rated Low Risk (34.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4184

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 2025-03-30 0.35% 0.30% -0.06%
2 2025-03-29 0.25% 0.35% +0.10%
3 2025-02-25 0.25%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4184

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-2008-4184

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4184

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webcms webcms_portal_edition cpe:2.3:a:webcms:webcms_portal_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4184

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