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CVE-2008-0497

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0497 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Nucleus CMS version 3.31, specifically within the action.php component. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating the PATH_INFO variable, which is improperly handled when processing PHP_SELF. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a network-based attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement (partial impact to integrity). While there is an ExploitDB entry for a similar version (3.22), there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this specific CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nucleus_cms:nucleus_cms:3.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31074 · Jan 20, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0196 is in the 62nd 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

secunia.com / advisories/28680
securityreason.com / securityalert/3593
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Patch
nucleuscms.org / item/3047
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487252/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487255/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27492
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0369