CVE-2008-3712
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mambo 4.6.2 and 4.6.5, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mambo 4.6.2 and 4.6.5, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) query string to mambots/editors/mostlyce/jscripts/tiny_mce/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php and the (2) mosConfig_sitename parameter to administrator/popups/index3pop.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
- Mambo Open Source 4.6.2 - '/administrator/popups/index3pop.php?mosConfig_sitename' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32252webapps, phppublished 15 Aug 2008Verified
- Mambo Open Source 4.6.2 - '/mambots/editors/mostlyce/' PHP/connector.php?Query String Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32253webapps, phppublished 15 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)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (10 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
6
- 31528 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- mambo-connectorphp-xss(44502) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- mambo-index3pop-xss(44503) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080815 Mambo 4.6.2 Full Version - Multiple Cross Site Scripting - By Khashayar Fereidani (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30708 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4164 (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-2008-3698 (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-2008-3712)Record last updated .