CVE-2008-6838

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in Zoph 0.7.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _off parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2009-06-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6838 is rated Exploit Available (58.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.75%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6838

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32014 exploit_db edb 2008-07-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6838

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 1.33% 1.75% +0.42%
2 2025-03-30 1.07% 1.33% +0.27%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.07% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6838

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-2008-6838

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-6838

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-6838 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (zoph), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-6838
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-6838 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zoph), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-6838

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6838

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zoph zoph 0.7.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:zoph:zoph:0.7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6838

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