CVE-2008-1972
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (65th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1970)
- Published
- April 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1970 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- oicgroup / exponent cms
- oicgroup / exponent cms
- oicgroup / exponent cms
- oicgroup / exponent cms
- oicgroup / exponent cms
- oicgroup / exponent cms
- oicgroup / exponent cms
- oicgroup / exponent cms
- oicgroup / exponent cms
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29875(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592961&group_id=118524
- http://www.exponentcms.org/index.php?action=view&id=64&module=newsmodule&src=%40random44fe03276195
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28834
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41878
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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