CVE-2008-5435

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in moderate.php in PunBB before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a topic subject.

Published: 2008-12-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5435 is rated Low Risk (34.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5435

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 2025-03-17 0.22% 0.29% +0.07%
2 2023-03-07 1.21% 0.22% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.21% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5435

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-2008-5435

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5435

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
punbb punbb <= 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0:beta1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.13 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.14 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.16 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.17 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.19 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.20 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.2.21 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
punbb punbb 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.3:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5435

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