CVE-2008-5211

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in Sphider 1.3.4, when the search suggestion feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-2506.

Published: 2008-11-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5211 is rated Exploit Available (58.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.08%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.55% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5211

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31751 exploit_db edb 2008-05-06 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5211

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 2026-01-14 3.53% 5.08% +1.55%
2 2025-11-24 3.79% 3.53% -0.26%
3 2025-03-30 — 3.79% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5211

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5211

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5211

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sphider sphider 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:sphider:sphider:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5211

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