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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-2852 · published 25 June 2008

CVE-2008-2852: Nathan neulinger cgiwrap cross-site scripting vulnerability

NNathan Neulinger · Cgiwrap

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CGIWrap before 4.1, when an Internet Explorer based browser is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to failure to set the charset in error messages.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.3% · top 31.8% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CGIWrap before 4.1, when an Internet Explorer based browser is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to failure to set the charset in error messages.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://cgiwrap.sourceforge.net/changes.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN45389864/index.html Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/30765 Vendor Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=8209&release_id=607349 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29811
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43176
http://cgiwrap.sourceforge.net/changes.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN45389864/index.html Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/30765 Vendor Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=8209&release_id=607349 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29811
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43176

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-2852), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.