CVE-2008-3712 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mambo 4.6.2 and 4.6.5, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) query string to mambots/editors/mostlyce/jscripts/tiny_mce/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php and the (2) mosConfig_sitename parameter to administrator/popups/index3pop.php

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mambo 4.6.2 and 4.6.5, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) query string to mambots/editors/mostlyce/jscripts/tiny_mce/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php and the (2) mosConfig_sitename parameter to administrator/popups/index3pop.php

Published Aug 19, 2008

2.6

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.88%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mambo 4.6.2 and 4.6.5, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) query string to mambots/editors/mostlyce/jscripts/tiny_mce/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php and the (2) mosConfig_sitename parameter to administrator/popups/index3pop.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.88% 0.01877

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

EPSS probability 0.01877

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	1.88% (0.01877)	78.66th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.88% (0.01877)	76.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	4.02% (0.04017)	87.70th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.30% (0.00300)	70.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 28, 2024	0.30% (0.00300)	68.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.37% (0.00367)	71.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.37% (0.00367)	68.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.94% (0.02945)	83.56th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.94% (0.02945)	81.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.94% (0.02945)	64.38th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (6)

http://secunia.com/advisories/31528
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4164
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495507/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30708
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44502
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44503
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31528		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4164		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495507/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30708		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44502		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44503		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 19, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 19, 2008

Link CVE-2008-3712

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-3712

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-3712