CVE-2008-5920

Exp

The create_anchors function in utils.inc in WebSVN 1.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted username that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

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-2008-5920 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.99%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5920

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6822 exploit_db edb 2008-10-23 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5920

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 4.27% 2.99% -1.28%
2 2026-03-13 3.36% 4.27% +0.91%
3 2026-01-21 — 3.36% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5920

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5920

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5920

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5920 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (websvn), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5920

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-5920

Solution: Patch information - http://websvn.tigris.org/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5920

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tigris websvn 1.00 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.01 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.02 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.03 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.04 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.20 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.31a cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.31a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.32 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.33 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.34 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.37 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.38 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.39 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.40 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.51 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.60 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.61 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tigris websvn 1.62 cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5920

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