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CVE-2008-0197

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0197 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities found in the WP-ContactForm plugin, specifically versions 1.5 alpha and earlier, for WordPress. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML through various parameters within the wp-admin/admin.php interface or via an IFRAME's SRC attribute. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5_alphaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wp-contactform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0216 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-January/059439.html
securityreason.com / securityalert/3539
securityvulns.ru / Sdocument546.html
securityvulns.ru / Sdocument667.html
websecurity.com.ua / 1600
websecurity.com.ua / 1641
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485786/100/0/threaded