Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-3184

Title: Vbulletin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-3184

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Jul 15, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.51%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-3184: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in vBulletin 3.6.10 PL2 and earlier, and 3.7.2 and earlier 3.7.x versions, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO (PHP_SELF) or (2) the do parameter, as demonstrated by requests to upload/admincp/faq.php. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to execute arbitrary PHP code.

Impacted Vendors

jelsoft 1

vbulletin 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/30991 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4000 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494049/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30134 http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=277945 http://secunia.com/advisories/30991 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4000 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494049/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30134 http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=277945

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-3184 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32017

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 15, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.