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CVE-2008-3823

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3823 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MIME library of Horde 3.2.x versions prior to 3.2.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by crafting a malicious filename within a MIME attachment in an e-mail message. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:horde:horde:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:horde:horde:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32354 · Sep 10, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0298 is in the 79th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3823

horde: XSS via filename of MIME attachments (oCERT-2008-012)

References

marc.info
Patch
ocert.org / patches/2008-012/MIME.patch
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/31842
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31959
securityreason.com / securityalert/4245
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45030
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1642
ocert.org / advisories/ocert-2008-012.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/09/10/1
Patch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/496182/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/31110
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2548