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CVE-2008-2167 (GCVE-0-2008-2167)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-13 20:14 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:49
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ZyXEL ZyWALL 100 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Referer header, which is not properly handled in a 404 Error page.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1501… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020000 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491818/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3869 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosur… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/30142 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-05-08 00:00
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