CVE-2008-5808

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Six Apart Movable Type Enterprise (MTE) 1.x before 1.56; Movable Type (MT) 3.x before 3.38; and Movable Type, Movable Type Open Source (MTOS), and Movable Type Enterprise 4.x before 4.23 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, possibly related to "application management."

Published: 2009-01-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5808 is rated Moderate Risk (40.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.22%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5808

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 0.47% 1.22% +0.75%
2 2025-03-17 0.25% 0.47% +0.22%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5808

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-2008-5808

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5808

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2008-5808 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (movabletype-opensource), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 3, not-affected 2, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5808

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5808

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
six_apart movable_type 4 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
six_apart movable_type 4 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:4:unknown:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
six_apart movable_type 4 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:4:unknown:open_source:*:*:*:*:*
six_apart movable_type 4.20 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
six_apart movable_type 4.20 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:4.20:unknown:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
six_apart movable_type 4.20 cpe:2.3:a:six_apart:movable_type:4.20:unknown:open_source:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 1.00 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:1.00:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:1.1:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:1.2:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:1.3:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:1.4:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:1.5:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 1.31 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:1.31:*:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.0d cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.0d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.01d cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.01d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.11 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.12 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.14 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.15 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.16 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.17 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.32 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.33 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.34 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sixapart movable_type 3.35 cpe:2.3:a:sixapart:movable_type:3.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5808

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