CVE-2008-6979

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in as_archives.php in phpAdultSite CMS, possibly 2.3.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the results_per_page parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this issue might be resultant from a separate SQL injection vulnerability.

Published: 2009-08-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6979 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). 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-2008-6979

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32338 exploit_db edb 2008-09-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6979

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 2025-03-30 0.18% 0.26% +0.08%
2 2025-03-29 0.26% 0.18% -0.08%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6979

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-2008-6979

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6979

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpadultsite phpadultsite_cms 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpadultsite:phpadultsite_cms:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6979

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