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CVE-2008-0273

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0273 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Drupal versions 4.7.x before 4.7.11 and 5.x before 5.6, specifically when Internet Explorer 6 is used. This flaw arises from an interpretation conflict where invalid UTF-8 sequences are not filtered by Drupal but are processed by IE6, bypassing HTML protection. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a partial impact on integrity, but no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.0_rcCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:4.2.0_rc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0227 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

drupal.org / node/208564
secunia.com / advisories/28422
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/28486
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39619
securityfocus.com / bid/27238
Patch
vbdrupal.org / forum/showthread.php
vbdrupal.org / forum/showthread.php
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0127
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0134