CVE-2008-0751

CVE Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Freetag before 2.96 plugin for S9Y Serendipity, when using Internet Explorer 6 or 7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to plugin/tag/.

CVE Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID	Weakness Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Metrics

Metrics	Score	Severity	CVSS Vector	Source
V2	4.3		AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N	nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

EPSS is a scoring model that predicts the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited.

EPSS Score

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.

Date	EPSS V0	EPSS V1	EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)	EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)	EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06	–	–	2.95%	–	–
2022-02-13	–	–	2.95%	–	–
2022-04-03	–	–	2.95%	–	–
2022-07-17	–	–	2.95%	–	–
2023-02-26	–	–	2.95%	–	–
2023-03-12	–	–	–	0.28%	–
2023-05-07	–	–	–	0.28%	–
2023-05-14	–	–	–	0.28%	–
2023-05-21	–	–	–	0.28%	–
2023-08-27	–	–	–	0.23%	–
2023-10-01	–	–	–	0.23%	–
2024-02-11	–	–	–	0.23%	–
2024-04-14	–	–	–	0.23%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	0.23%	–
2024-06-09	–	–	–	–	–
2024-06-09	–	–	–	0.26%	–
2024-10-06	–	–	–	0.25%	–
2024-10-20	–	–	–	0.25%	–
2024-11-10	–	–	–	0.43%	–
2024-12-22	–	–	–	0.5%	–
2025-01-19	–	–	–	0.5%	–
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	0.37%
2025-03-30	–	–	–	–	0.37%
2025-04-06	–	–	–	–	0.5%
2025-04-15	–	–	–	–	0.5%
2025-05-01	–	–	–	–	0.5%
2025-05-01	–	–	–	–	0.5,%

EPSS Percentile

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.

EPSS First.org

Date	Percentile
2022-02-06	64%
2022-02-13	65%
2022-04-03	82%
2022-07-17	83%
2023-02-26	84%
2023-03-12	63%
2023-05-07	64%
2023-05-14	63%
2023-05-21	64%
2023-08-27	6%
2023-10-01	61%
2024-02-11	6%
2024-04-14	61%
2024-06-02	61%
2024-06-09	66%
2024-06-09	66%
2024-10-06	65%
2024-10-20	66%
2024-11-10	75%
2024-12-22	76%
2025-01-19	76%
2025-03-18	57%
2025-03-30	56%
2025-04-06	63%
2025-04-15	64%
2025-05-01	65%
2025-05-01	65%

Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 31126

Publication date : 2008-02-07 23h00 +00:00
Author : Alexander Brachmann
EDB Verified : Yes

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27697/info Serendipity Freetag-plugin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data. Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks. This issue affects Serendipity Freetag-plugin 2.95; prior versions may also be affected. http://www.example.com/plugin/tag/%3Cdiv%20style=[XSS]