CVE-2008-0497
Nucleus CMS 3.31 - Cross-Site Scripting via PATH_INFO in action.php
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-0497. PoCs published by Alexandr Polyakov.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a reflected XSS vulnerability in Nucleus CMS 3.31 by injecting a script tag into the URL path, which executes arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the affected site.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in action.php in Nucleus CMS 3.31 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO, which is not quoted when processing PHP_SELF.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Alexandr Polyakov · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31074
This exploit demonstrates a reflected XSS vulnerability in Nucleus CMS 3.31 by injecting a script tag into the URL path, which executes arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the affected site.
Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target:
Nucleus CMS 3.31
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
Access to the target URL
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026
Full analysis →
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487255/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487252/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3593
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0369
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=66479&release_id=572117
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28680
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27492
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.nucleuscms.org/item/3047
Scores
EPSS
0.0196
EPSS Percentile
77.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
nucleus_cms/nucleus_cms
3.31
Published
Jan 30, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026