CVE-2008-5918: tigris websvn
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-5918 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in tigris websvn. EPSS estimates a 4.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 21-01-2009PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the getParameterisedSelfUrl function in index.php in WebSVN 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.46% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (gulftech.org)
Maturity: unknown
WebSVN 2.0 - Cross-Site Scripting / File Handling / Code Execution
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Tigris1 product
- websvn≤ 2.0 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 1.31a | 1.32 | 1.33 | 1.34 | 1.37 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.40 | 1.51 | 1.60 | 1.61 | 1.62
1 vendor · 1 product
References
10 links- websvn.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=179X Refsource CONFIRM