5.0med
CVE-2008-51851 exploit
The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via…
Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.9%
percentile 90%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
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 "<".
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
3.89% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-32596 GeSHi 1.0.x - XML Parsing Remote Denial of Service · dos · 2008-11-20
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/32377 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/46769 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- geshi.svn.sourceforge.net /viewvc/geshi/trunk/geshi-1.0.X/src/geshi.php?r1=1321&r2=1322&view=patch · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2008-5185
- NVD: CVE-2008-5185
vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.