CVE-2008-0179 (GCVE-0-2008-0179)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-04 23:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:06
VLAI?
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in service/impl/UserLocalServiceImpl.java in Liferay Portal 4.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the User-Agent HTTP header, which is used when composing Forgot Password e-mail messages in HTML format.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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