Is CVE-2008-7271 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-7271 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-7271?

CVE-2008-7271 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-7271

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Help Contents web application (aka the Help Server) in Eclipse IDE, possibly 3.3.2, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the searchWord parameter to help/advanced/searchView.jsp or (2) the workingSet parameter in an add action to help/advanced/workingSetManager.jsp, a different issue than CVE-2010-4647.

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: 1.9% (80th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-7224)
Published: January 13, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-7224 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

eclipse / eclipse ide
eclipse / eclipse ide

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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