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CVE-2008-4372

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4372 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AvailScript Article Script, specifically within the articles.php component. An attacker can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'aIDS' parameter. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure (e.g., session hijacking) but not impact availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. While an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-6409), there is no Metasploit or Nuclei support, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:availscript:availscript_article_script:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-6409 · Sep 9, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0149 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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/31816
securityreason.com / securityalert/4331
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45020
exploit-db.com / exploits/6409
securityfocus.com / bid/31095
Exploit