- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MobileDetect 2.8.31. This issue affects the function initLayoutType of the file examples/session_example.php of the component Example. The manipulation of the argument $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.8.32 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 31818a441b095bdc4838602dbb17b8377d1e5cce. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-220061 was assigned to this vulnerability.
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. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- MobileDetect 2.8.31 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 52454webapps, phppublished 3 Dec 2025Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://github.com/serbanghita/Mobile-Detect/pull/741 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-trackingx_transferred
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Affected products
MobileDetect
- affected 2.8.31
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistmobiledetect/mobiledetectlibGHSA-r77c-qv68-j3pp (opens in a new tab)
References
6
- https://vuldb.com/?id.220061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220061 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/serbanghita/Mobile-Detect/pull/741 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-trackingx_transferred
- https://github.com/serbanghita/Mobile-Detect/commit/31818a441b095bdc4838602dbb17b8377d1e5cce (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://github.com/serbanghita/Mobile-Detect/releases/tag/2.8.32 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://github.com/MarkLee131/awesome-web-pocs/blob/main/CVE-2018-25080.md (opens in a new tab)
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-2023-0788 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-r77c-qv68-j3pp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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