CVE-2008-2168
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 encoded URLs that are not properly handled when displaying
02 Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 encoded URLs that are not properly handled when displaying
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 54.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-05-13 21:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-05-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 458725a6415e486f2ae00597c7023a272308490eda813f268405ea58ace2ed30
05 Affected products
06 References
- securityreason.com3889http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3889
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comapache-403-xss(42303)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42303
- secunia.com34219http://secunia.com/advisories/34219
- www.securityfocus.com20080512 Re: Re: Re: Apache Server HTML Injection and UTF-7 XSS Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491967/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5143https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5143
- marc.infoHPSBUX02465http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- secunia.com31651http://secunia.com/advisories/31651
- marc.infoSSRT090085http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com29112http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-731-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1
- h20000.www2.hp.comHPSBUX02365http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432
- www.securityfocus.com20080510 Re: Apache Server HTML Injection and UTF-7 XSS Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491901/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20080508 Apache Server HTML Injection and UTF-7 XSS Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491862/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20080510 Re: Re: Apache Server HTML Injection and UTF-7 XSS Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491930/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com35650http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- apache2 Fixed in 2.2.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- apache2 Fixed in 2.2.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- apache2 Fixed in 2.2.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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