CVE-2008-1253

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Published Mar 10, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgi-bin/webcm on the D-Link DSL-G604T router allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the var:category parameter, as demonstrated by a request for advanced/portforw.htm on the fwan page.

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:h:d-link:dsl-g604t:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-1261	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgi-bin/webcm on the D-Link DSL-G604T router allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the var:category parameter, as demonstrated by a request for advanced/portforw.htm on the fwan page.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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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% (0.965% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29530
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28439
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41117

History

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Subscriptions

D-link Dsl-g604t

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:17 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 10, 2008, 5:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:17 AM
Reserved: Mar 10, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:51 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 10, 2008, 5:44 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:51 PM

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