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CVE-2008-1972
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the user account creation feature in Exponent CMS 0.96.6-GA20071003 and earlier,…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.1%
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Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the user account creation feature in Exponent CMS 0.96.6-GA20071003 and earlier, when the Allow Registration? configuration option is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) username, (2) firstname, (3) lastname, and (4) e-mail address fields. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 29875 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.exponentcms.org/index.php?action=view&id=64&module=newsmodule&src=%40random44fe03276195 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592961&group_id=118524 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- exponentcms-newaccount-xss(41878) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28834 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .