CVE-2008-7089 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Pligg 9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the keyword parameter in a search action to user.php and other unspecified vectors.

Published: 2009-08-26

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.7% 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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:pligg:pligg_cms::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:pligg:pligg_cms:9.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pligg:pligg_cms:9.9.0:beta::::::

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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-2008-7048	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Pligg 9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the keyword parameter in a search action to user.php and other unspecified vectors.

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 0.0171.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00120-07312008
http://www.osvdb.org/50186
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494987/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30458
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44187
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6173

History

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Subscriptions

Pligg Pligg Cms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-08-26T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:56:14.098Z

Reserved: 2009-08-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7089

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-26T14:24:17.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:03:34.530

Link: CVE-2008-7089

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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