CVE-2008-2162 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SonicWall Email Security 6.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Host header in a request to a non-existent web page, which is not properly sanitized in an error page.

Published: 2008-05-12

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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:sonicwall:e-mail_security:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2159	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SonicWall Email Security 6.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Host header in a request to a non-existent web page, which is not properly sanitized in an error page.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.01452.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-05/0226.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29107
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019999
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42283

History

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Subscriptions

Sonicwall E-mail Security

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-12T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:49:58.462Z

Reserved: 2008-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2162

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-05-12T22:20:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:53:12.893

Link: CVE-2008-2162

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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