CVE-2008-3773

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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]).

Affected products

vBulletin: 3.6.10-pl3, 3.7.2-pl1

References

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

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