CVE-2007-3708

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Published Jul 11, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CodeIgniter 1.5.3 before 20070626 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) String.fromCharCode and (2) malformed nested tag manipulations in an unspecified component, related to insufficient sanitization by the xss_clean function.

Affected Products

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-3692	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CodeIgniter 1.5.3 before 20070626 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) String.fromCharCode and (2) malformed nested tag manipulations in an unspecified component, related to insufficient sanitization by the xss_clean function.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.223% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064500.html
http://osvdb.org/37907
http://secunia.com/advisories/25991
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2877
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473190/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35350

History

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Subscriptions

Codeigniter Codeigniter

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:28 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 11, 2007, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:28 PM
Reserved: Jul 11, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:42 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 11, 2007, 11:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:42 PM

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