CVE-2008-0497 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in action.php in Nucleus CMS 3.31 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO, which is not quoted when processing PHP_SELF.

Published: 2008-01-30

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nucleus_cms:nucleus_cms:3.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2008-0507	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in action.php in Nucleus CMS 3.31 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO, which is not quoted when processing PHP_SELF.

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 0.00924.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/28680
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3593
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=66479&release_id=572117
http://www.nucleuscms.org/item/3047
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487252/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487255/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27492
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0369

History

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Subscriptions

Nucleus Cms Nucleus Cms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-01-30T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:46:55.150Z

Reserved: 2008-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0497

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-01-30T22:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2008-0497

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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