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CVE-2008-5211
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in Sphider 1.3.4, when the search suggestion feature is enabled, allows remote…
Low2.6EPSS 1.8%
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in Sphider 1.3.4, when the search suggestion feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-2506.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- sphider-query-xss(42240) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/sphider134-xss.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 4629 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 30082 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080506 Sphider 1.3.4 Cross Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)
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