Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in default.asp in Ocean12 Mailing List Manager Gold allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Email parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5979 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.30%). Core evidence: 1 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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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7319 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-12-02 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-03-19 | 3.70% | 4.30% | +0.60% |
| 2 | 2026-01-27 | 3.43% | 3.70% | +0.27% |
| 3 | 2025-12-21 | — | 3.43% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ocean12_technologies | mailing_list_manager | _nil_ | cpe:2.3:a:ocean12_technologies:mailing_list_manager:_nil_:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* |