CVE-2008-5668

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Textpattern (aka Txp CMS) 4.0.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to setup/index.php or (2) the name parameter to index.php in the comments preview section.

Published: 2008-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5668 is rated Exploit Available (54.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.14%). 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-2008-5668

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5668

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 0.33% 1.14% +0.82%
2 2025-03-30 0.39% 0.33% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.39% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5668

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-2008-5668

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5668

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-5668 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (textpattern), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 7, DNE 2, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5668

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5668

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
textpattern textpattern 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:textpattern:textpattern:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5668

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