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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2008-0838 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web administration interface in Sophos ES1000 and ES4000 Email Security Applianc…

published 2008-02-20 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0845

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web administration interface in Sophos ES1000 and ES4000 Email Security Appliance 2.1.0.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) error and (2) go parameters to the login page.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31204)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31204 Sophos Email Appliance 2.1 - Web Interface Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities remote, 2008-02-15
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27813 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.