TI-2008-02865 Aliases CVE-2008-2991 GHSA-x8hv-5jw9-w467

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp Server 6 and 7 allows remote…

MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published 2008-07-09 · Updated 2025-04-23

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp Server 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the Help Errors log.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.1651 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:robohelp_server:6:::::::*	6	Vulnerable	Adobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:robohelp_server:7:::::::*	7	Vulnerable	Adobe

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:robohelp_server:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 Vulnerable ·Adobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:robohelp_server:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7 Vulnerable ·Adobe

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-2991
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x8hv-5jw9-w467

References

Exploit 1

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-16.html

Other 1

ADV-2008-2026

TI-2009-02923 Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the RoboHelpServer Servlet (robohelp/server) in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2021-18937 Adobe Bridge Buffer Overflow Arbitrary code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2021-09660 Adobe RoboHelp Server folderId Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-08543 ZDI-CAN-21306: Adobe RoboHelp Server GetNewUserId SQL Injection Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2023-08542 XML external entity injection in Adobe RoboHelp CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2023-08540 ZDI-CAN-21309: Adobe RoboHelp Server resolveDistinguishedName LDAP Injection Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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