Is CVE-2008-5053 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-5053 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-5053?

CVE-2008-5053 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-5053?

CVE-2008-5053 has an EPSS score of 63.28% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-5053

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin.rssreader.php in the Simple RSS Reader (com_rssreader) 1.0 component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_live_site parameter.

CWE-94Code Injection

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

63.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

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

References

http://osvdb.org/49859
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4584
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7096
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32265
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3119
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46559

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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.