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CVE-2008-2181

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2181 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the search.php component of cpLinks version 1.03, specifically through the search_text and search_category parameters. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and requiring no authentication, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists detailing XSS alongside authentication bypass and SQL injection. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cplinks:cplinks:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5538 · May 4, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0157 is in the 48th 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/30024
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42171
exploit-db.com / exploits/5538
securityfocus.com / bid/29035
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1431/references