Is CVE-2008-2168 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-2168 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-2168?

CVE-2008-2168 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-2168?

CVE-2008-2168 has an EPSS score of 54.85% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-2168

MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 encoded URLs that are not properly handled when displaying the 403 Forbidden error page.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

54.85%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31651
http://secunia.com/advisories/34219
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3889
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491862/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491901/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491930/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491967/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42303
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5143

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.