CVE-2008-0497

Nucleus CMS 3.31 - Cross-Site Scripting via PATH_INFO in action.php

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation 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
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