CVE-2008-5185
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5)—
The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an XML sequence containing an opening delimiter without a closing delimiter, as demonstrated using "<".
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Puntuación base: 5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 3.89%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 90
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-399
Referencias
- http://geshi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geshi/trunk/geshi-1.0.X/src/geshi.php?r1=1321&r2=1322&view=patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32377
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46769
- http://geshi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geshi/trunk/geshi-1.0.X/src/geshi.php?r1=1321&r2=1322&view=patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32377
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46769
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