CVE-2008-6885

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Published Jul 31, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pmlite.php in XOOPS 2.3.1 and 2.3.2a allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a STYLE attribute in a URL BBcode tag in a private message.

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:2.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:2.3.2a:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-6845	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pmlite.php in XOOPS 2.3.1 and 2.3.2a allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a STYLE attribute in a URL BBcode tag in a private message.

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: 1.3% (1.285% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122875449930810&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/33048
http://www.osvdb.org/50574
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32685
http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4540
http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4563

History

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Subscriptions

Xoops Xoops

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:16 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 31, 2009, 8:00 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:16 AM
Reserved: Jul 31, 2009, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:03 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 31, 2009, 8:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:03 PM

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