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CVE-2008-2168 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF…

published 2008-05-13 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2165

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
54.9%
EPSS 54.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 encoded URLs that are not properly handled when displaying the 403 Forbidden error page.

Patch / fix

  • apache2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2168

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-2168 updated

httpd: XSS via UTF-7 encoded urls on the 403 Forbidden error page

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31759)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

54.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31759 Microsoft Internet Explorer 2 - UTF-7 HTTP Response Handling remote, 2008-05-08
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112 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
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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