CVE-2008-5039

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the League module for PHP-Nuke, possibly 2.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the tid parameter in a team action to modules.php.

Published: 2008-11-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5039 is rated Exploit Available (56.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.46%). Core evidence: 2 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-2008-5039

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32538 exploit_db edb 2008-10-28 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5039

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 1.82% 1.46% -0.37%
2 2026-01-02 1.15% 1.82% +0.67%
3 2025-03-17 1.15%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5039

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-2008-5039

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5039

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php-nuke league_module cpe:2.3:a:php-nuke:league_module:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php-nuke league_module 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:php-nuke:league_module:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5039

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