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CVE-2008-0438

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0438 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Novemberborn sIFR 2.0.2, specifically within its font rendering functionality. Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating the 'txt' parameter of a Flash (SWF) file, as exemplified by fonts/FuturaLt.swf. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium complexity for exploitation and a potential impact of information disclosure or defacement, but no confidentiality or availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novemberborn:sifr:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31047 · Jan 22, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0293 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

novemberborn.net / sifr/2.0.3
osvdb.org / 41006
securityreason.com / securityalert/3571
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39835
procheckup.com / Vulnerability_PR07-38.php
securityfocus.com / archive/1/486787/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/486829/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487585/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27394
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