#VU88924 Cross-site scripting in Apache Struts - CVE-2008-2025
Published: April 23, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88924
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2025
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Struts
Apache Struts
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation
Apache Foundation
Description
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.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
External links
- 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