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    CVE-2008-5185

    The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an XML sequence containing an opening delimiter without a closing delimiter, as demonstrated using "<".

    Published:Nov 21, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 21, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.05002
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Geshi
    Product
    Geshi

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32596

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High