CVE-2008-2852
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CGIWrap before 4.1, when an Internet Explorer based...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-2852- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-2852- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-2845 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2008-2845- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9jgp-35qp-4rc3 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CGIWrap before 4.1, when an Internet Explorer based...
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.
- Record
GHSA-9jgp-35qp-4rc3- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-2852 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Nathan Neulinger Cgiwrap, published June 25, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.25%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/29811
cgiwrap.sourceforge.net/changes.html
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN45389864/index.html
secunia.com/advisories/30765
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43176
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=8209&release_id=607349
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2852
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9jgp-35qp-4rc3