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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-2188

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in EJ3 BlackBook 1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) bookCopyright and (2) ver parameters to (a) footer.php, and the (3) bookName, (4) bookMetaTags, and (5)…

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.49%

Does this matter?

2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in EJ3 BlackBook 1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) bookCopyright and (2) ver parameters to (a) footer.php, and the (3) bookName, (4) bookMetaTags, and (5) estiloCSS parameters to (b) header.php.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
1.49% probability · 74th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 2 May 2008
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
eejj33/blackbook
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.49%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.5% 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 (2)

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-31722source ↗EJ3 BlackBook 1.0 - 'header.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilitiesphp · Khashayar Fereidaniwebapps2 May 2008yes
EDB-31721source ↗EJ3 BlackBook 1.0 - 'footer.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilitiesphp · Khashayar Fereidaniwebapps2 May 2008yes

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