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CVE-2008-7017

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-7017 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the analyse.php script of CAcert, specifically versions before 20080928. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML by manipulating the CommonName field within an X.509 certificate. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with low impact on integrity, and can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity. While there is an ExploitDB entry for this vulnerability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
20080921CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cacert:cacert:20080921:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32443 · Sep 29, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 13th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45515
cynops.de / advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-007.txt
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/31481
Exploit