CVE-2008-5917 (GCVE-0-2008-5917)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-21 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:13
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the XSS filter (framework/Text_Filter/Filter/xss.php) in Horde Application Framework 3.2.2 and 3.3, when Internet Explorer is being used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors related to style attributes.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1130 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/framework/Text_Filt… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2008/000… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/34609 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2008/000… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2008-12-10 00:00
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