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CVE-2008-2960

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2960 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin versions prior to 2.11.7. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML due to specific configurations where register_globals is enabled and .htaccess support is disabled. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a low severity with a network attack vector and high attack complexity, leading to a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 1,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2960

phpMyAdmin: XSS on plausible insecure PHP installation (PMASA-2008-4)

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
secunia.com / advisories/30813
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30816
secunia.com / advisories/33822
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43320
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/11
phpmyadmin.net / home_page/downloads.php
phpmyadmin.net / home_page/security.php
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1904/references