Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in FlatnuX CMS (aka Flatnuke3) 2008-12-11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter in an updaterecord action to index.php in the 08_Files module. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5759 is rated Exploit Available (55.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.20%). 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7461 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-12-14 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 0.29% | 1.20% | +0.90% |
| 2 | 2026-02-19 | 0.16% | 0.29% | +0.13% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.16% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33175 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47367 |