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CVE-2008-5729

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5729 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat version 3.12 and earlier, specifically impacting the FCKeditor/neditor.php and admin/siteinfo/iframe.inc.php components. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating that an unauthenticated remote attacker could inject arbitrary web script or HTML with moderate attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure or session hijacking. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or inclusion in the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7560 · Dec 23, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0144 is in the 42nd 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

securityreason.com / securityalert/4819
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47577
exploit-db.com / exploits/7560
securityfocus.com / bid/32992
Exploit