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CVE-2008-5814

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5814 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP, specifically versions 5.2.7 and earlier, when the display_errors setting is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unspecified vectors. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and a potential impact limited to partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0b10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:2.0b10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5814Low

php: XSS via PHP error messages

Dec 19, 2008

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
jvndb.jvn.jp / en/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000084.html
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN50327700/index.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/34830
secunia.com / advisories/34933
secunia.com / advisories/35003
secunia.com / advisories/35007
secunia.com / advisories/35108
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47496
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10501
usn.ubuntu.com / 761-1
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1789
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-761-2
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1338