CVE-2008-6946 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in manageproject.php in Collabtive 0.4.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the project Name, which is not properly handled when the administrator performs an editform action, related to admin.php.

Published: 2009-08-12

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 3.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:collabtive:collabtive:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2008-6906	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in manageproject.php in Collabtive 0.4.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the project Name, which is not properly handled when the administrator performs an editform action, related to admin.php.

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 0.03435.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498186/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32229
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46496
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7076

History

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Subscriptions

Collabtive Collabtive

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-08-12T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:49:02.687Z

Reserved: 2009-08-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6946

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-12T10:30:00.670

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:03:17.410

Link: CVE-2008-6946

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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