CVE-2008-1463 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the management GUI in Imperva SecureSphere MX Management Server 5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid or prohibited request to a web server protected by SecureSphere, which triggers injection into the "corrective action" section of an alert page

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the management GUI in Imperva SecureSphere MX Management Server 5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid or prohibited request to a web server protected by SecureSphere, which triggers injection into the "corrective action" section of an alert page

Published Mar 24, 2008

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.58%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the management GUI in Imperva SecureSphere MX Management Server 5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid or prohibited request to a web server protected by SecureSphere, which triggers injection into the "corrective action" section of an alert page.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.58% 0.01582

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

EPSS probability 0.01582

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.58% (0.01582)	74.64th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.58% (0.01582)	72.27th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.16% (0.00164)	34.91th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.21% (0.00208)	59.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 19, 2024	0.21% (0.00213)	59.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 3, 2024	0.19% (0.00186)	56.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.19% (0.00186)	54.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.92% (0.01917)	78.00th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.92% (0.01917)	76.01th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.92% (0.01917)	55.17th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

http://imperva.com/go/secadv/20080318
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/29439
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28279
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41359
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://imperva.com/go/secadv/20080318		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/29439		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28279		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41359		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 24, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 24, 2008

Link CVE-2008-1463

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-1463

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-1463