CVE-2008-5271

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Fred Stuurman SyndeoCMS 2.6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the section parameter.

Published: 2008-11-28 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5271 is rated Exploit Available (55/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.52%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5271

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5779 exploit_db edb 2008-06-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5271

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 3.64% 1.52% -2.12%
2 2026-01-18 2.86% 3.64% +0.78%
3 2025-12-05 — 2.86% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5271

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-2008-5271

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-5271

Solution: Solution: Update to version 2.6.02. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfi...ckage_id=220740&release_id=610817

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5271

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
syndeocms syndeocms 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:syndeocms:syndeocms:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5271

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