CVE-2008-3100

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Published Jul 29, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/owl.lib.php in Steve Bourgeois and Chris Vincent Owl Intranet Knowledgebase 0.95 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter in a getpasswd action to register.php.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:owl:intranet_knowledgebase::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:owl:intranet_knowledgebase:0.94:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-3090	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/owl.lib.php in Steve Bourgeois and Chris Vincent Owl Intranet Knowledgebase 0.95 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter in a getpasswd action to register.php.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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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: 2.3% (2.281% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/31264
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4057
http://www.datensalat.eu/~fabian/cve/CVE-2008-3100-Owl.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494843/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30410
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2209
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44053

History

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Subscriptions

Owl Intranet Knowledgebase

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:28 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 29, 2008, 6:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:28 AM
Reserved: Jul 9, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:55 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 29, 2008, 6:41 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:55 PM

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