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CVE-2008-5918

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5918 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the getParameterisedSelfUrl function within index.php of WebSVN versions 2.0 and earlier. This allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium severity, as it requires medium access complexity and could lead to partial integrity impact. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has a FAUCET Risk Score of 76/100, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tigris:websvn: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
4.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-6822 · Oct 23, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0446 is in the 88th 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/32338
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34191
securityreason.com / securityalert/4928
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46048
exploit-db.com / exploits/6822
websvn.tigris.org / issues/show_bug.cgi
websvn.tigris.org / servlets/NewsItemView
Patch
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-20.xml
gulftech.org
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/31891
Exploit