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CVE-2008-5185

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 3.89%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-11-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-5185
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
3.89%

Original NVD Description

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 "<".