PT-2008-4948 · Pligg · Pligg

Michaelbrooks · Published 2008-08-10 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-3572

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 Pligg version 9.9.5

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the category parameter in the "index.php" file.

Recommendations For Pligg version 9.9.5, update the index.php file to properly sanitize the category parameter to prevent XSS attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3572

Affected Products

Pligg

References · 7

• 🔥 http://rooksecurity.com/blog/?p=19 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3572 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30516 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44189 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121769609623356&w=2 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4129 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3572 · Note