CVE-2008-5879

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Phpclanwebsite (aka PCW) 1.23.3 Fix Pack 5 and earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the page parameter and other unspecified vectors.

Published: 2009-01-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5879 is rated Exploit Available (54.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.45%). 2 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-2008-5879

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7515 exploit_db edb 2008-12-18 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5879

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 3.64% 1.45% -2.19%
2 2026-02-28 2.86% 3.64% +0.78%
3 2026-01-08 — 2.86% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5879

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-2008-5879

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5879

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite <= 1.23.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.20 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.21 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.22 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.23 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.23.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpclanwebsite phpclanwebsite 1.23.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpclanwebsite:phpclanwebsite:1.23.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5879

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