VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-7140

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.48%

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 @lex Guestbook 4.0.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) language_setup parameter to setup.php or (2) test parameter to index.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. NOTE: a third party has been reported that the test parameter is not used in @lex Guestbook.

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 1.48% probability · 74th percentile
Public exploits: 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 31 March 2008
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-79
Affected: alexguestbook/\@lex guestbook
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

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-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-31566 source ↗	@lex Guestbook 4.0.5 - 'index.php?test' Cross-Site Scriptingphp · ZoRLu	webapps	31 March 2008	yes
EDB-31565 source ↗	@lex Guestbook 4.0.5 - 'setup.php?language_setup' Cross-Site Scriptingphp · ZoRLu	webapps	31 March 2008	yes

References

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