CVE-2008-6400

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in refbase before 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the headerMsg parameter to (1) show.php and (2) search.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2009-03-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6400 is rated Low Risk (34.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6400

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 2025-03-17 0.22% 0.29% +0.07%
2 2023-03-07 1.21% 0.22% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.21% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6400

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-2008-6400

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6400

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
refbase refbase <= 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:refbase:refbase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
refbase refbase 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:refbase:refbase:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
refbase refbase 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:refbase:refbase:0.6.1:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
refbase refbase 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:refbase:refbase:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
refbase refbase 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:refbase:refbase:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6400

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