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CVE-2008-2398

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2398 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AppServ Open Project versions 2.5.10 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'appservlang' parameter in index.php. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacts integrity by allowing script injection. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2008-2398 · Dec 16, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-31808 · May 20, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0623 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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

secunia.com / advisories/30333
securityreason.com / securityalert/3896
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42546
securityfocus.com / archive/1/492271/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/29291
Exploit