PT-2008-3869 · Dotcms · Dotcms

Published 2008-05-21 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-2397

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: dotCMS versions 1.x

Description: A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search query parameter in the search-results.dot file.

Recommendations: For dotCMS version 1.x, update the search-results.dot file to properly sanitize the search query parameter to prevent XSS attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the search functionality until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2397

Affected Products

Dotcms

References · 5

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30307 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2397 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42525 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2397 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29287 · Note