CVE-2008-4648 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Elxis CMS 2008.1 revision 2204 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO or the (2) option, (3) Itemid, (4) id, (5) task, (6) bid, and (7) contact_id parameters

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Elxis CMS 2008.1 revision 2204 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO or the (2) option, (3) Itemid, (4) id, (5) task, (6) bid, and (7) contact_id parameters

Published Oct 21, 2008

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.46%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Elxis CMS 2008.1 revision 2204 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO or the (2) option, (3) Itemid, (4) id, (5) task, (6) bid, and (7) contact_id parameters. NOTE: the error might be located in modules/mod_language.php, and index.php might be the interaction point.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.46% 0.01462

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

EPSS probability 0.01462

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	1.46% (0.01462)	72.65th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.46% (0.01462)	70.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 11, 2025	2.53% (0.02529)	84.97th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.14% (0.01140)	76.94th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.21% (0.00214)	60.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.21% (0.00214)	59.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.21% (0.00214)	57.53th	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://packetstormsecurity.org/0810-exploits/elxis-xss.txt
x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/32278
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31764
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45866
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0810-exploits/elxis-xss.txt		x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/32278		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31764		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45866		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 21, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Oct 21, 2008

Link CVE-2008-4648

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-4648

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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