CVE-2008-0497

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Published Jan 30, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

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.

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

n/a

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

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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.

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: 2.0% (1.963% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:46 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 30, 2008, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:46 AM
Reserved: Jan 30, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:49 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 30, 2008, 10:00 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:49 PM

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