PT-2008-3683 · Lifetype · Lifetype

Dr.Crash + 1 · Published 2008-05-13 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-2178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LifeType version 1.2.7

Description A cross-site scripting issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchTerms parameter in an editArticleCategories operation, also known as an admin category search.

Recommendations For LifeType version 1.2.7, avoid using the searchTerms parameter in the admin category search until the issue is resolved. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the admin.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2178

Affected Products

Lifetype

References · 10

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30075 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29017 · Patch
• http://wiki.lifetype.net/index.php/Release_notes_Lifetype_1.2.8 · Patch
• http://lifetype.net/post/2008/05/04/lifetype-1.2.8-released · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2178 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2178 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3871 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/491550/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/491597/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42151 · Note