CVE-2008-7171 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) photo parameter to show_photo.php, (2) potd parameter to show_potd.php, or (3) the Current question field in a vote action to admin.php

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) photo parameter to show_photo.php, (2) potd parameter to show_potd.php, or (3) the Current question field in a vote action to admin.php

Published Sep 8, 2009

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.44%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) photo parameter to show_photo.php, (2) potd parameter to show_potd.php, or (3) the Current question field in a vote action to admin.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.44% 0.01445

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01445

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.44% (0.01445)	72.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.44% (0.01445)	69.74th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 7, 2025	2.27% (0.02271)	84.12th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.15% (0.01152)	77.04th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.22% (0.00220)	61.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 18, 2024	0.22% (0.00220)	60.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.22% (0.00220)	58.34th	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)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43224
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43226
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29848		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43224		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43226		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5873		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 8, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 7, 2009

Link CVE-2008-7171

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-7171

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-7171