CVE-2008-2637
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in F5 FirePass SSL VPN 6.0.2 hotfix 3, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in F5 FirePass SSL VPN 6.0.2 hotfix 3, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via quotes in (1) the css_exceptions parameter in vdesk/admincon/webyfiers.php and (2) the sql_matchscope parameter in vdesk/admincon/index.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- F5 FirePass 6.0.2.3 - '/vdesk/admincon/webyfiers.php?css_exceptions' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31885remote, hardwarepublished 5 Jun 2008Verified
- F5 FirePass 6.0.2.3 - '/vdesk/admincon/index.php?sql_matchscope' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31886remote, hardwarepublished 5 Jun 2008Verified
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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)
- 1.8% · top 21% 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
7
- 1020205 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1765 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080605 F5 FirePass Content Inspection Management XSS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30550 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 3931 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 29574 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- firepass-webyfiers-index-xss(42884) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2008-2632 (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-2008-2637)Record last updated .