CVE-2008-5211 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in Sphider 1.3.4, when the search suggestion feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-2506.

Published: 2008-11-24

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: 5.1% 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:sphider:sphider:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2008-5188	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in Sphider 1.3.4, when the search suggestion feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-2506.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05083.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/30082
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4629
http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/sphider134-xss.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491712/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29074
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42240

History

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Subscriptions

Sphider Sphider

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-24T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:11.981Z

Reserved: 2008-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5211

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-24T17:30:00.343

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

Link: CVE-2008-5211

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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