CVE-2008-3574
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Pluck 4.5.2, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 25% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Pluck 4.5.2, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) lang_footer parameter to (a) data/inc/footer.php; the (2) pluck_version, (3) lang_install22, (4) titelkop, (5) lang_kop1, (6) lang_kop2, (7) lang_modules, (8) lang_kop4, (9) lang_kop15, (10) lang_kop5, and (11) titelkop parameters to (b) data/inc/header.php; the pluck_version and titelkop parameters to (c) data/inc/header2.php; and the (14) lang_theme6 parameter to (d) data/inc/themeinstall.php.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Pluck CMS 4.5.2 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32168webapps, phppublished 5 Aug 2008Verified
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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 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- pluck-multiple-xss(44237) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080804 Pluck 4.5.2 Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30542 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4125 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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-2008-3560 (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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