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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-0919

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in session/login.php in Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) 0.9.9 rc5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dest parameter.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 3.75%

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 3.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in session/login.php in Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) 0.9.9 rc5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dest parameter.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
3.75% probability · 90th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 21 February 2008
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
open source security information management/os-sim
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 3.75%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 3.7% 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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-5171source ↗OSSIM 0.9.9rc5 - Cross-Site Scripting / SQL Injectionphp · Marcin Kopecwebapps21 February 2008yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.