Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-3773

Title: Vbulletin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-3773

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Aug 22, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.77%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-3773: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vBulletin 3.7.2 PL1 and 3.6.10 PL3, when "Show New Private Message Notification Pop-Up" is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a private message subject (aka newpm[title]).

Impacted Vendors

jelsoft 1

vbulletin 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121933258013788&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/31552 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4182 http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vbulletin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30777 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020727 http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=282133 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44576 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121933258013788&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/31552 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4182 http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vbulletin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30777 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020727 http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=282133 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44576

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-2008-3773 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32285

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 22, 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.