CVE-2008-5043 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web-based interface in IBM Metrica Service Assurance Framework allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the elementid parameter in a generatedreportresults action to the ReportTree program, (2) the jnlpname parameter to the Launch program, or (3) the :tasklabel parameter to the ReportRequest program, related to the name of a report

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web-based interface in IBM Metrica Service Assurance Framework allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the elementid parameter in a generatedreportresults action to the ReportTree program, (2) the jnlpname parameter to the Launch program, or (3) the :tasklabel parameter to the ReportRequest program, related to the name of a report

Published Nov 12, 2008

3.5

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.05%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web-based interface in IBM Metrica Service Assurance Framework allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the elementid parameter in a generatedreportresults action to the ReportTree program, (2) the jnlpname parameter to the Launch program, or (3) the :tasklabel parameter to the ReportRequest program, related to the name of a report.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.05% 0.01047

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

EPSS probability 0.01047

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	1.05% (0.01047)	62.92th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.05% (0.01047)	59.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.33% (0.00326)	53.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 25, 2024	2.48% (0.02481)	89.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 22, 2024	0.09% (0.00086)	36.67th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.09% (0.00086)	34.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.23% (0.01232)	67.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Dec 23, 2022	1.23% (0.01232)	66.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.23% (0.01232)	64.85th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.23% (0.01232)	41.02th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (7)

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065520.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/32683
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4578
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498168/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32233
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3145
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46495
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065520.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/32683		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4578		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498168/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32233		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3145		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46495		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 12, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 12, 2008

Link CVE-2008-5043

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5043

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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