CVE-2008-5996

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 None
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Simplenews module 5.x before 5.x-1.5 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0-beta4, a module for Drupal, allows remote authenticated users, with "administer taxonomy" permissions, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Newsletter category field.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-5996
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2009-01-28T15:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:33:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.x-1.4
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:*:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.x-1.0
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.6.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.7.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.7.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.7.x-2.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:6.x-1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:6.x-1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:6.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.5
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://drupal.org/node/312944 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32022 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31377 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45407
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5996
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5996
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:04:47 Added to TrackCVE