CVE-2008-6562

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jax_linklists.php in Jack (tR) Jax LinkLists 1.00 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cat parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2009-03-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6562 is rated Exploit Available (55.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.21%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6562

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31564 exploit_db edb 2008-03-31 Exploit-DB ↗
26086 exploit_db edb 2005-08-05 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6562

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 0.17% 1.21% +1.04%
2 2026-03-31 0.13% 0.17% +0.04%
3 2025-03-17 0.13%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6562

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-2008-6562

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6562

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jax_scripts jax_linklists 1.00 cpe:2.3:a:jax_scripts:jax_linklists:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6562

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