CVE-2008-0838 (GCVE-0-2008-0838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-20 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:01
VLAI
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web administration interface in Sophos ES1000 and ES4000 Email Security Appliance 2.1.0.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) error and (2) go parameters to the login page.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488206/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019427 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/artic… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27813 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3673 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/advisories/INFIG… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0574 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/28961 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-02-13 00:00
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