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CVE-2008-7140

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-7140 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in @lex Guestbook versions 4.0.5 and earlier. Specifically, remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the language_setup parameter in setup.php and potentially the test parameter in index.php. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial impact on integrity, requiring no authentication for exploitation. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alexguestbook:\@lex_guestbook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alexguestbook:\@lex_guestbook:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alexguestbook:\@lex_guestbook:3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alexguestbook:\@lex_guestbook:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alexguestbook:\@lex_guestbook:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31566 · Mar 31, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0148 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

downloads.securityfocus.com / vulnerabilities/exploits/28519.html
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41566
juniper.net / security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28519.html
securityfocus.com / bid/28519
Exploit