CVE-2008-0438
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the font rendering functionality in Novemberborn sIFR 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the font rendering functionality in Novemberborn sIFR 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the txt parameter to a Flash (SWF) file, as demonstrated by fonts/FuturaLt.swf.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Novemberborn sIFR 2.0.2/3 - 'txt' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31047remote, multiplepublished 22 Jan 2008Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 41006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20080122 Re: PR07-38: XSS on sIFR (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://novemberborn.net/sifr/2.0.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- sifr-fontname-xss(39835) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3571 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 27394 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080205 Re: PR07-38: XSS on sIFR (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080122 PR07-38: XSS on sIFR (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR07-38.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0448 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-0438)Record last updated .