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CVE-2008-5264 (GCVE-0-2008-5264)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-28 18:26 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in searcher.exe in Tornado Knowledge Retrieval System 4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the p parameter in a root action.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29626 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493217/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4655 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://secunia.com/advisories/30623 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-06-10 00:00
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