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CVE-2008-7253

The default configuration of the web server in IBM Lotus Domino Server, possibly 6.0 through 8.0, enables the HTTP TRACE method, which…

Medium4.3EPSS 2.1%
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Description

The default configuration of the web server in IBM Lotus Domino Server, possibly 6.0 through 8.0, enables the HTTP TRACE method, which makes it easier for remote attackers to steal cookies and authentication credentials via a cross-site tracing (XST) attack, a related issue to CVE-2004-2763 and CVE-2005-3398.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By mitre

  2. Published

  3. · 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

CVSS scores of CVE-2008-7253, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

Affected products

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    • affected n/a

References (4)

Sources

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