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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5918 · published 21 January 2009

CVE-2008-5918: Tigris websvn cross-site scripting vulnerability

Tigris · Websvn

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 4.5% · top 8.9% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
4.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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://secunia.com/advisories/32338 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34191
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4928
http://websvn.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=179
http://websvn.tigris.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=2218 Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-20.xml
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00132-10202008 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31891 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46048
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6822
http://secunia.com/advisories/32338 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34191
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4928
http://websvn.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=179
http://websvn.tigris.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=2218 Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-20.xml
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00132-10202008 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31891 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46048
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6822

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5918), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.