Is CVE-2008-2960 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-2960 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-2960?

CVE-2008-2960 has a CVSS v2 base score of 2.6 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-2960?

CVE-2008-2960 has an EPSS score of 1.60% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2960?

Upgrade phpmyadmin on debian 11 to 4:2.11.7~rc2-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-2960

LOWEPSS 73th pctl

2.6

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.7, when register_globals is enabled and .htaccess support is disabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving scripts in libraries/.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

phpmyadminDebian

Fixed in:4:2.11.7~rc2-1CVE-2008-2960

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references9

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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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.