CVE-2008-5996 (GCVE-0-2008-5996)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:13
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Simplenews module 5.x before 5.x-1.5 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0-beta4, a module for Drupal, allows remote authenticated users, with "administer taxonomy" permissions, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Newsletter category field.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32022 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://drupal.org/node/312944 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31377 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-09-24 00:00
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