CVE-2008-0751
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Freetag before 2.96 plugin for S9Y Serendipity, when using Internet Explorer 6 or 7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to plugin/tag/.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Freetag before 2.96 plugin for S9Y Serendipity, when using Internet Explorer 6 or 7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to plugin/tag/.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.22% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 February 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- s9y/serendipity event freetag
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/190-Freetag-plugin-updated-to-prevent-XSS.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060122.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28852Third Party Advisory
- http://www.bitsploit.de/uploads/Code/200802080000/Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27697Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40376Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://blog.s9y.org/archives/190-Freetag-plugin-updated-to-prevent-XSS.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060122.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28852Third Party Advisory
- http://www.bitsploit.de/uploads/Code/200802080000/Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27697Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40376Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.