CVE-2008-5290

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in full_txt.php in Werner Hilversum Clean CMS 1.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter.

Published: 2008-12-01 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5290 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.64%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5290

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7228 exploit_db edb 2008-11-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5290

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 2026-01-21 2.86% 3.64% +0.78%
2 2025-12-20 1.46% 2.86% +1.40%
3 2025-12-01 1.46%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5290

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-2008-5290

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5290

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
scripts4you clean_cms 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:scripts4you:clean_cms:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5290

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