CVE-2008-5917

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the XSS filter (framework/Text_Filter/Filter/xss.php) in Horde Application Framework 3.2.2 and 3.3, when Internet Explorer is being used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors related to style attributes.

Published: 2009-01-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5917 is rated Exploit Available (54.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). 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-2008-5917

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5917

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 2025-03-30 0.77% 0.52% -0.26%
2 2025-03-29 0.52% 0.77% +0.26%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.52% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5917

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-2008-5917

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5917

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2008-5917: 1 GLSA(s) (200909-14), 3 atom(s) (www-apps/horde, www-apps/horde-imp, www-apps/horde-passwd); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-5917
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5917
ubuntu low CVE-2008-5917 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (horde3), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 4, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5917

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5917

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
horde application_framework 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde application_framework 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:application_framework:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5917

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