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TI-2008-04936 Aliases CVE-2008-5185GHSA-mc42-h89m-gwgp

The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers…

Priority LOW 29CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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 "<".

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03887 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 31

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.0.7.22VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.1VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.2VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.2_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.2_beta_1VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.3VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.4VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.5VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.6VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7VulnerableGeshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0.7.22 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.2 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.2_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.2_beta_1 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.3 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.4 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.5 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.6 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7 Vulnerable ·Geshi
Show 21 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.1VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.2VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.3VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.4VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.5VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.6VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.7VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.8VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.9VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.10VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.11VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.12VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.13VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.14VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.15VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.16VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.17VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.18VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.19VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.20VulnerableGeshi
cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7.21VulnerableGeshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.1 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.2 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.3 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.4 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.5 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.6 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.7 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.8 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.9 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.10 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.11 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.12 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.13 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.14 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.15 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.16 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.17 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.18 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.19 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.20 Vulnerable ·Geshi
  • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7.21 Vulnerable ·Geshi

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5185
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mc42-h89m-gwgp
  3. 2026-10-12 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile

References

Other 2

  • TI-2008-04937 The set_language_path function in geshi.php in Generic Syntax Highlighter (GeSHi) before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2005-02911 contrib/example.php in GeSHi before 1.0.7.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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