VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-3790
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability15.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-08-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
The REXML module in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document with recursively nested entities, aka an "XML entity explosion."
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation