CVE-2008-7140
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in @lex Guestbook 4.0.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 26% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in @lex Guestbook 4.0.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) language_setup parameter to setup.php or (2) test parameter to index.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. NOTE: a third party has been reported that the test parameter is not used in @lex Guestbook.
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.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- @lex Guestbook 4.0.5 - 'setup.php?language_setup' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31565webapps, phppublished 31 Mar 2008Verified
- @lex Guestbook 4.0.5 - 'index.php?test' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31566webapps, phppublished 31 Mar 2008Verified
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (9 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
4
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/28519.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28519.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- lexguestbook-setup-index-xss(41566) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28519 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2008-7099 (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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