CVE-2008-5757

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in textarea/index.php in Textpattern (aka Txp CMS) 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Body parameter in an article action. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5757 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.89%). 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-2008-5757

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5757

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 0.21% 0.89% +0.68%
2 2025-03-17 0.09% 0.21% +0.12%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.09% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5757

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5757

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5757

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-5757 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): ignored 4, not-affected 4, DNE 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5757

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5757

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
textpattern textpattern <= 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:textpattern:textpattern:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
textpattern textpattern 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:textpattern:textpattern:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
textpattern textpattern 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:textpattern:textpattern:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
textpattern textpattern 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:textpattern:textpattern:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
textpattern textpattern 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:textpattern:textpattern:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
textpattern textpattern 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:textpattern:textpattern:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5757

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