CVE-2008-5668 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Textpattern (aka Txp CMS) 4.0.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to setup/index.php or (2) the name parameter to index.php in the comments preview section.

Published: 2008-12-18

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:textpattern:textpattern:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5639	Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Textpattern (aka Txp CMS) 4.0.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to setup/index.php or (2) the name parameter to index.php in the comments preview section.

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 0.00329.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/28793
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4786
http://textpattern.com/weblog/310/textpattern-406-released
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487483/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27606

History

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Subscriptions

Textpattern Textpattern

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-18T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:04:43.533Z

Reserved: 2008-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5668

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-19T01:52:02.547

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

Link: CVE-2008-5668

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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