CVE-2008-6229

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrative interface in Drupal Content Construction Kit (CCK) 5.x before 5.x-1.10 and 6.x before 6.x-2.0, a module for Drupal, allows remote authenticated users with "administer content" permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) field labels and (2) content-type names.

Published: 2009-02-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6229 is rated Low Risk (35.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.02%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6229

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 0.25% 1.02% +0.77%
2 2025-03-30 0.20% 0.25% +0.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.20% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6229

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6229

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6229

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.3 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.4 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.5 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.6 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.7 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.8 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.9 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 5.x-1.x-dev cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:5.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal content_construction_kit 6.x-1.x-dev cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_construction_kit:6.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6229

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