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CVE-2008-0838

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0838 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web administration interface of Sophos ES1000 and ES4000 Email Security Appliances, version 2.1.0.0. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'error' and 'go' parameters on the login page. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-31204) detailing the XSS vulnerabilities, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:es1000:2.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:es4000:2.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31204 · Feb 15, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0419 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

secunia.com / advisories/28961
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/3673
infigo.hr / en/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2008-02-13
securityfocus.com / archive/1/488206/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27813
Exploit
securitytracker.com / id
sophos.com / support/knowledgebase/article/34733.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0574