Cross-site scripting in Apache Struts - CVE-2008-2025
Published: April 23, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88924
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2025
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Apache Struts
Integration Designer
eDiscovery Manager
Integration Designer
eDiscovery Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2008-2025
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
Apache Struts - addressed in versions 1.2.9-108.2, 1.2.9-162.31.1, 1.2.9-162.163.2, 1.2.9-198.2
eDiscovery Manager - update to 2.2.2.3.8
eDiscovery Manager - update to 2.2.2.3.8
External References
- http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3-test/repodata/patch-struts-5872.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
- http://osvdb.org/53380
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34567
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2025.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=385273
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2008-2025