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CVE-2008-2181 (GCVE-0-2008-2181)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-13 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:49
VLAI
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in search.php in cpLinks 1.03 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) search_text and (2) search_category parameters. NOTE: the XSS reportedly occurs in a forced SQL error message. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5538 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://secunia.com/advisories/30024 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29035 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1431… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2008-05-04 00:00
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