MEDIUM
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTTP Protocol Stack (HTTPSTK) in Novell eDirectory before 8.8 SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors
Published Nov 14, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.19%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTTP Protocol Stack (HTTPSTK) in Novell eDirectory before 8.8 SP3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- n/a
- ≤ 8.8
- 8.0
- 8.5.12a
- 8.5.27
- 8.6.2
- 8.7
- 8.7.1
- 8.7.1
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3.8
- 8.7.3.8_presp9
- 8.7.3.9
- 8.7.3.9
- 8.7.3.9
- 8.7.3.9
- 8.7.3.9
- 8.7.3.10
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8
- 8.8.1
- 8.8.1
- 8.8.1
- 8.8.1
- 8.8.1
- 8.8.2
- 8.8.2
- 8.8.2
- 8.8.2
- 8.8.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.19% 0.01189
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01189
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 | 1.19% (0.01189) | 66.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.19% (0.01189) | 63.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.57% (0.00566) | 66.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 11, 2025 | 1.24% (0.01242) | 85.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00207) | 58.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00207) | 56.88th | 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)
References (5)
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30947 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020785 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2462 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46667 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30947 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020785 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2462 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46667 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 14, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 14, 2008
Link CVE-2008-5093
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a