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CVE-2008-3714 (GCVE-0-2008-3714)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-19 19:10 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:52
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Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query_string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-3681 and CVE-2006-1945.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30730 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_chang… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-686-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2008-08-18 00:00
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            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00107.html"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00355.html"
          }
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        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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              {
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                "value": "CWE-79"
              }
            ],
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      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:15:08+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2008-3714",
      "id": "CVE-2008-3714",
      "initial_release_date": "2008-06-23T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "awstats: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2008/cve-2008-3714.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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