{"id":"CVE-2008-7140","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-7140","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:37:58.399Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2009-09-01T16:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:03:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["alexguestbook/\\@lex guestbook"],"epss":{"score":0.01478,"percentile":0.73709,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":2,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-03-31","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":31566,"kind":"exploit","title":"@lex Guestbook 4.0.5 - 'index.php?test' Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31566","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/31566.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/31566.txt","published":"2008-03-31","added":"2008-03-31","updated":"2014-02-11","author":"ZoRLu","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2008-7140","OSVDB-57625"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28519/info"},{"edbId":31565,"kind":"exploit","title":"@lex Guestbook 4.0.5 - 'setup.php?language_setup' Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31565","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/31565.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/31565.txt","published":"2008-03-31","added":"2008-03-31","updated":"2014-02-11","author":"ZoRLu","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2008-7140","OSVDB-57624"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28519/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/28519.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28519.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28519","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41566","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/28519.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln28519.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28519","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41566","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7140","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}