CVE-2008-5211
LOW · CVSS 2.6EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5188)
- Published
- November 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5188 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sphider / sphider
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30082(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4629
- http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/sphider134-xss.txt(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491712/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29074
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42240
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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