CVE-2008-0617 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the DMSGuestbook 1.7.0 plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) file parameter to wp-admin/admin.php, or the (2) messagefield parameter in the guestbook page, and the (3) title parameter in the messagearea

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the DMSGuestbook 1.7.0 plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) file parameter to wp-admin/admin.php, or the (2) messagefield parameter in the guestbook page, and the (3) title parameter in the messagearea

Published Feb 6, 2008

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.32%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the DMSGuestbook 1.7.0 plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) file parameter to wp-admin/admin.php, or the (2) messagefield parameter in the guestbook page, and the (3) title parameter in the messagearea.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.32% 0.02316

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02316

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.32% (0.02316)	82.81th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.66% (0.02662)	83.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 24, 2025	0.40% (0.00400)	57.89th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 23, 2025	1.84% (0.01836)	79.48th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.40% (0.00400)	58.59th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.20% (0.00197)	58.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 2, 2024	0.19% (0.00192)	56.71th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 3, 2023	0.18% (0.00183)	54.71th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.22% (0.00220)	58.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3615
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487437/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27575
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5035
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3615		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487437/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27575		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5035		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 6, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 5, 2008

Link CVE-2008-0617

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-0617

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-0617