CVE-2007-1768 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/helpers/application_helper.rb in Mephisto 0.7.3 and Mephisto Edge 20070325 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the author name field in a comment.

Published: 2007-03-30

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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:mephisto:mephisto:0.7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mephisto:mephisto_edge:2007-03-25:::::::*

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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-2007-1762	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in app/helpers/application_helper.rb in Mephisto 0.7.3 and Mephisto Edge 20070325 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the author name field in a comment.

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 0.00427.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/35309
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2490
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463825/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23137
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33230

History

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Subscriptions

Mephisto Mephisto Mephisto Edge

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-03-30T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:06:26.426Z

Reserved: 2007-03-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1768

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-03-30T01:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1768

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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