CVE-2008-6885 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pmlite.php in XOOPS 2.3.1 and 2.3.2a allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a STYLE attribute in a URL BBcode tag in a private message.

Published: 2009-07-31

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:2.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:2.3.2a:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-6845	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pmlite.php in XOOPS 2.3.1 and 2.3.2a allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a STYLE attribute in a URL BBcode tag in a private message.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01285.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122875449930810&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/33048
http://www.osvdb.org/50574
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32685
http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4540
http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4563

History

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Subscriptions

Xoops Xoops

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-07-31T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:16:11.848Z

Reserved: 2009-07-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6885

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-31T20:30:00.437

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:03:10.133

Link: CVE-2008-6885

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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