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CVE-2008-7089

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-7089 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Pligg CMS versions 9.9 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML, primarily through the 'keyword' parameter in search actions on user.php, with other unspecified vectors also present. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a potential impact of partial information disclosure. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-6173), though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pligg:pligg_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pligg:pligg_cms:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pligg:pligg_cms:9.9.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-6173 · Jul 30, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44187
exploit-db.com / exploits/6173
gulftech.org
Exploit
osvdb.org / 50186
securityfocus.com / archive/1/494987/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30458
Exploit