CVE-2008-5996

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.

CVSS v2.0 3.5 LOW

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CVSS v2.0 : LOW

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
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
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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews::beta3::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.6.x-1.x-dev:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.7.x-1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.7.x-1.x-dev:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.7.x-2.x-dev:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.x-dev:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:6.x-1.0:beta1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:6.x-1.0:beta2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:6.x-1.x-dev:::::::*

cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:55

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://drupal.org/node/312944 - Patch, Vendor Advisory~~	() http://drupal.org/node/312944 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() http://secunia.com/advisories/32022 - Vendor Advisory~~	() http://secunia.com/advisories/32022 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31377 - Patch~~	() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31377 - Patch
References	~~() https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45407 -~~	() https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45407 -

Information

Published : 2009-01-28 15:30

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2008-5996

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5996

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5996

JSON object : View

Products Affected

drupal

drupal

link3

simplenews

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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