CVE-2008-5971

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in profile_social.php in i-Net Solution Orkut Clone allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter.

Published: 2009-01-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5971 is rated Exploit Available (55.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.44%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5971

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32637 exploit_db edb 2008-12-02 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5971

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 2.13% 1.44% -0.68%
2 2026-03-19 1.46% 2.13% +0.67%
3 2026-01-27 1.46%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5971

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-2008-5971

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5971

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
i-netsolution orkut_clone _nil_ cpe:2.3:a:i-netsolution:orkut_clone:_nil_:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5971

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