PT-2008-1825 · Liferay · Liferay Portal

Tomasz Kuczynski · Published 2008-02-04 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2008-0179

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Liferay Portal version 4.3.6

Description A cross-site scripting issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the User-Agent HTTP header. This occurs when composing Forgot Password e-mail messages in HTML format.

Recommendations For Liferay Portal version 4.3.6, consider restricting the use of the User-Agent HTTP header when composing Forgot Password e-mail messages in HTML format until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0179

Affected Products

Liferay Portal

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0179 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27550 · Patch
• http://support.liferay.com/browse/LEP-4737 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28742 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0179 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/888209 · Note