CVE-2008-3824 (GCVE-0-2008-3824)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-12 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) Text_Filter/Filter/xss.php in Horde 3.1.x before 3.1.9 and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 and (2) externalinput.php in Popoon r22196 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by using / (slash) characters as replacements for spaces in an HTML e-mail message.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 976 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2008-09-10 00:00
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