CVE-2008-0005

Http Server vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

14.6%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

mod_proxy_ftp in Apache 2.2.x before 2.2.7-dev, 2.0.x before 2.0.62-dev, and 1.3.x before 1.3.40-dev does not define a charset, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks using UTF-7 encoding.

Affected vendor

Apache

Affected product

Http Server

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2008-01-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 14.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0005

Confirm whether Apache Http Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0005.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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