CVE-2008-3715
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc-core-admin-editor-previouscolorsjs.php in the FlexCMS 2.5 and earlier, when…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 1.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 25% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc-core-admin-editor-previouscolorsjs.php in the FlexCMS 2.5 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PreviousColorsString parameter.
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
- FlexCMS 2.5 - 'inc-core-admin-editor-previouscolorsjs.php' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32254webapps, phppublished 15 Aug 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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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)
- 1.6% · top 25% 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
5
- 20080815 FlexCMS <= 2.5 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- flexcms-previouscolorsjs-xss(44521) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4166 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 30709 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 31532 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2008-3701 (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-2008-3715)Record last updated .