FKIE_CVE-2008-0179

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-02-05 00:00 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity ?
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.
References
cret@cert.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28742
cret@cert.orghttp://support.liferay.com/browse/LEP-4737
cret@cert.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/888209US Government Resource
cret@cert.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27550Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28742
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.liferay.com/browse/LEP-4737
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/888209US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27550Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
liferay liferay_enterprise_portal 4.3.6
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